Starting in 2027, work requirements kick in for certain beneficiaries on Medicaid, while new work rules for the SNAP food assistance program took effect on Nov. 1. These reforms mandated by the One ...

El Segundo, California-based Pipeline Health System filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Texas’ Southern District on Tuesday. The safety net hospital system attributed its financial strain to ...

Safety-net hospitals provide care for millions of vulnerable, uninsured patients burdened by economic hardship. Though they play an integral role in our nation’s health system, these hospitals are ...

Safety-net hospitals, or anchor institutions, must reform themselves in addition to any outside aid received from business leaders and government, the presidents and CEOs of Henry Ford Health and ...

The health care safety net—the patchwork of hospitals, clinics, and health systems that provide care to significant numbers of uninsured, underinsured, and publicly insured patients—provides a ...

Interview with Dr. Janine Knudsen on the experience of safety-net health systems during the Covid-19 pandemic and supporting them moving forward. 7m 56s Download The Covid-19 pandemic has been a ...

The American health care system requires significant innovation to respond to the evolving needs of underserved communities and prevent exacerbation of health inequities for people getting care in ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) and electronic health record–based automation tools helped a safety-net health system meet performance-based readmission metrics, thereby retaining critical funding while ...

A new report from a consumer nonprofit warns that several Minnesota hospitals serving low-income and uninsured patients are facing a major threat that could force them to shut down, reduce services or ...

The COVID-19 pandemic revealed tragic shortcomings in the American public health system, but it also posed a major challenge to our social safety net programs, from Medicare and Medicaid to ...