More than 300 hospitals could be at risk for closure under the budget resolution signed July 4 by President Donald Trump, according to an analysis by the Cecil G. Sheps Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Even as Congress haggled over the controversial bill, a health clinic in the southwest Nebraska town of Curtis announced Wednesday it will close in the coming months, in part blaming the anticipated Medicaid cuts.
Some hospitals in the U.S. are without essential staff because international doctors who were set to start their medical training this week were delayed by the Trump administration's travel and visa restrictions. It's unclear exactly how many foreign medical residents were unable to start their assignments, but six medical residents interviewed by The Associated Press say they've undergone years of training and work only to be stopped at the finish line by what is usually a procedural step.
CMS will implement prior authorization requirements for certain traditional fee-for-service Medicare services in six states starting next year. New Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, Arizona, and Washington will begin using the Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction (WISeR) Model to perform prior authorization evaluations, CMS announced in a Federal Register notice. This will apply to 17 services that CMS says 'are vulnerable to fraud, waste and abuse.'
A woman is being held on a $50,000 bail for mailing a letter with a mysterious substance to an insurance office in Las Vegas, according to LVMPD. On June 24, Metro police received a call about a United Healthcare employee that opened a letter that held a mysterious black and yellow substance. According to LVMPD, the letter said something about a fungus. The employee did not show symptoms and left the third floor mail room.
A rural clinic located in a district President Donald Trump won by more than 50 points in the 2024 election is being forced to shut down as the CEO cites federal cuts to Medicaid as a driving factor. Community Hospital, based in McCook, Nebraska, says that it will shut down a rural clinic it runs in the town of Curtis, which has about 900 people.
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear argued the Medicaid cuts in President Donald Trump's sweeping tax policy bill will have a 'devastating' impact on rural communities. He said around 200,000 people in Kentucky are could lose their healthcare under the bill, which implements new work requirements for Medicaid and a raft of other restrictions that healthcare experts argue will trigger hospital closures in rural areas.