Medicare

The Center for Healthcare Quality & Payment Reform, a national policy organization, found 68 rural Kansas hospitals are at risk of closing, including 30 at immediate risk. Revenue isn't keeping up with costs.

Texas is set to receive the largest award from the federal Rural Health Transformation Program — with federal officials awarding $1.4 billion to the state over five years. The state received millions more in funding that it asked for in its application.

Alongside the passage of billions of dollars in Medicaid spending reductions over a decade, Oklahoma is also vying for an opportunity available to all 50 states to fund sustainable rural health care initiatives.

As Texas develops its application for federal Rural Health Transformation Program funding, rural hospital leaders say stabilizing their facilities should be a top priority. "Without it, all the planning in the world will not matter because there will be no hospital left to transform," one said.

A new report by Oklahoma’s Division of Government Efficiency lays out several major policy shifts for the state. Ideas include eliminating $157 million of federal health care support, much to the consternation of policy experts and some Republicans.

Officials with Medicare have decided to cover an innovative but extremely expensive cancer treatment, setting the stage for more patients to get it....

Thanks so much to Lisa Hancock of the Area Agency on Aging of the Panhandle for stopping by High Plains Morning today and breaking down the problem with…

High Plains Morning thanks Lisa Hancock from the Area Agency on Aging of the Panhandle for stopping into the studio today to share information about their…

From the Kansas Health Institute:Medicare patients likely won’t notice the difference, but their doctor may have more skin in the game when it comes to…

From the Kansas Health Institute:This week’s announcement that the federal government is proposing Medicare reimbursements for doctors who discuss…