Public Health

Access to providers and accuracy of information about provider networks is lacking for some health plans sold through Covered California and in the private market, according to a new study published in Health Affairs.

Since Rosebud, S.D.-based Indian Health Service hospital's emergency department closed last December, nine individuals have died in the backs of ambulances, according to the Argus Leader.

Reported gunfire in Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center that triggered a facility lockdown Thursday turned out to be fireworks, KRON4 reported.

Claremore (Okla.) Police Department said a man shot and killed himself Thursday in the parking lot of Hillcrest Hospital Claremore, Tulsa World reported.

Florida state legislators ditched a five-year waiting period required for immigrant children to gain eligibility for state health insurance, Naples Daily News reported.

A healthcare task force commissioned by Tennessee House Speaker Beth Harwell has proposed a plan to expand the state's Medicaid program, TennCare, reports The Tennessean.

Louisiana saw 200,000 new Medicaid enrollees during its first week of enrollment, and expects that number to only rise. Yet an increase in enrollees will not come without challenges once Medicaid expansion begins in July, The Advocate reported.

On Monday, The Arizona Department of Health Services confirmed another case of the measles in the state, bringing the total number of cases associated with the recent outbreak to 20.

Senior Health Insurance Counseling for Kansas, a free program assisting hundreds of seniors navigate Medicare plans, could soon be cut, The Hutchinson News reported.

Many Iowans with mental illnesses have found themselves marooned in hospitals for months after they were cleared by physicians to be released, costing hospitals millions, according to the Des Moines Register.