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By Kaiser Health News | 10:27 am | August 16, 2016
One in five Americans is estimated to have a mental health condition at any given time. But getting treatment remains difficult -- and it's worse for children, especially those who identify as black or Hispanic.
By Beth Jones Sanborn | 02:24 pm | August 12, 2016
The Minnesota Hospital Association released a study Friday that shows significant shortcomings in patients getting appropriate care for mental health issues in their hospitals.
By Kaiser Health News | 09:42 am | August 12, 2016
Despite dire warnings from Republicans and some large insurers about the stability of the Affordable Care Act exchanges, an Obama administration report released Thursday indicated the individual health insurance market has steadily added healthier and lower-risk consumers.
By Beth Jones Sanborn | 04:49 pm | August 11, 2016
Community Health Systems has named Tim Hingtgen their new president and chief operating officer, the company announced Thursday.
By Kaiser Health News | 03:10 pm | August 11, 2016
Now that hospitals have themselves combined, in many cases, into companies that dominate their communities, insurance executives argue the only way to fight bigness is bigness.
By Kaiser Health News | 10:48 am | August 11, 2016
Elderly and disabled Californians were less likely to go to the emergency room or be hospitalized after their in-home caregivers participated in an intensive training program, according to a report.
By Beth Jones Sanborn | 04:45 pm | August 10, 2016
United States Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy is touring the nation to pressure drug prescribers to take an active role in the fight to end the opioid epidemic engulfing the country.
By Jack McCarthy | 03:43 pm | August 10, 2016
Healthcare executives saw salaries decrease during the last year, even though pay for doctors and physician assistants, IT pros rose.
By Susan Morse | 01:44 pm | August 09, 2016
For the first time, most employers consider specialty pharmacy as the highest driver of healthcare costs.
By Susan Morse | 11:08 am | August 09, 2016
This year's presidential campaign has become so chaotic it has prompted the president of the American Psychiatric Association to issue a reminder to professionals not to publicly analyze the candidates.