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Soumya Karlamangla covers health for the local politics and government section of the Los Angeles Times. Karlamangla reported on the remaining uninsured as a California Health Journalism Fellow at USC's Annenberg School of Journalism.
In recent years, Fresno County has seen an alarming number of new HIV and AIDS cases. Among the concerns: More young people are becoming infected, programs that had been helping patients for decades have had their budgets slashed, and many people aren't receiving treatment.
The idea is simple: Health care providers leave the exam room and spend more time developing relationships with patients in their kitchens and living rooms. But can such an approach actually keep chronically ill patients from landing in the hospital over and over again?
When it comes to "super-utilizers," improving health and saving money is the only measure of success for many in the industry. Some programs have achieved those twin objectives, but some wonder if that bar is too high for a group of patients who've often endured decades of poverty and trauma.
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force comes under question by physicians as the group again prepares to release its final recommendations on breast cancer screenings. Physicians wonder if scaling back on screenings is a result of pressure from health insurers and the Affordable Care Act.
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force comes under question by physicians as the group again prepares to release its final recommendations on breast cancer screenings. Physicians wonder if scaling back on screenings is a result of pressure from health insurers and the Affordable Care Act.
Telemedicine is reshaping how rural residents think about going to the psychiatrist
Can the American health care system save money and improve health by spending more on social services for the most expensive patients, the so-called super-utilizers? It sounds like a promising approach, but as Marketplace's Dan Gorenstein reports, the challenges are fierce.
Facing a $55-million deficit during the Great Recession, Sacramento County officials made a choice: To save money, they would close their free health clinics to people who entered the country illegally. Six years later, they want to reverse that decision.
