Jordan Rau reports about the affordability, efficiency and effectiveness of the health care system with a focus on hospitals and other providers. His KHN stories have been published in The New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, Politico, and on npr.org and msnbc.com, among others. He came to KHN when it was started in 2009 from the Los Angeles Times, where he covered California government and health care politics in Sacramento. He previously reported for Newsday in New York and the Concord Monitor in New Hampshire. |
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Catholic Healthcare West today ends its governing board's religious affiliation to ease concerns from possible new partners. Some of its hospitals will remain Catholic.
Jan 23
Whistleblowers allege that AseraCare improperly channeled people to gain maximum Medicare reimbursements. In a separate suit, federal attorneys say the company pressured employees to enroll patients in hospice who weren’t dying.
Jan 04
Federal officials are seeking to make sure patients get the care they need after discharge. But the new policy is likely to disproportionately affect hospitals that treat the most low-income patients, according to a Kaiser Health News analysis.
Dec 19, 2011
As Medicare prepares to factor patient ratings into reimbursements, hospitals everywhere are pulling out the stops to please. Some of the nation's most prestigious hospitals are struggling to appease their exacting patients.
Nov 07, 2011
Publication of the new Medicare data on HHS website is a step in the government's plan to link payments to quality.
Oct 17, 2011
Young adults, Hispanics fare better but Asians worse.
Sep 13, 2011
The Veterans Health Administration has long used approaches Medicare is pushing on all hospitals to cut unnecessary readmissions. But new data show VA hospital patients are just as likely to end up back in a hospital bed.
Sep 12, 2011
The federal health care program also wants to pay less to hospitals with higher-than-average costs for patient care.
Jul 30, 2011
Within a few weeks of a shutdown of Medicare and Medicaid money, health care providers could be in financial trouble. No one knows how to plan for it.
Jul 29, 2011
Only 20 percent of people believe consumer protections will get better under the law.
Jul 28, 2011