Arielle Zionts, KFF Health News

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World-famous Wall Drug isn’t immune from challenges facing rural pharmacies
World-famous Wall Drug isn’t immune from challenges facing rural pharmacies
Arielle Zionts, KFF Health News
July 24, 2024
2:00 pm

Despite being part of a booming tourist attraction, Wall Drug’s pharmacy faces challenges common to independent rural pharmacies.

Doctors on (video) call: Rural medics get long-distance help in treating man gored by bison
Doctors on (video) call: Rural medics get long-distance help in treating man gored by bison
Arielle Zionts, KFF Health News
December 4, 2023
2:05 pm

The emergency medicine physician sat 140 miles away in a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, office building. She participated in the treatment via a video system recently installed in the ambulance.

Medical school on Cherokee reservation will soon send doctors to tribal, rural areas
Medical school on Cherokee reservation will soon send doctors to tribal, rural areas
Arielle Zionts, KFF Health News
November 2, 2023
3:00 pm

A program in Tahlequah, the capital of the Cherokee Nation, aims to increase the number of Cherokee and other Indigenous physicians.

She received chemo in two states. Why did it cost so much more in Alaska?
She received chemo in two states. Why did it cost so much more in Alaska?
Arielle Zionts, KFF Health News
September 29, 2023
2:05 pm

In the United States, the price for the same medical service can vary based on where it is received.

With its two doctors planning to retire, an Alabama town patches together health care options
With its two doctors planning to retire, an Alabama town patches together health care options
Arielle Zionts, KFF Health News
September 20, 2023
9:44 am

LaFayette and surrounding Chambers County face high rates of disease and chronic illness.

The DEA relaxed online prescribing rules during COVID. Now it wants to rein them in.
The DEA relaxed online prescribing rules during COVID. Now it wants to rein them in.
Arielle Zionts, KFF Health News
June 27, 2023
11:00 am

Federal regulators want most patients to see a health care provider in person before receiving prescriptions for potentially addictive medicines through telehealth.

Thousands face Medicaid whiplash in South Dakota and North Carolina
Thousands face Medicaid whiplash in South Dakota and North Carolina
Arielle Zionts, KFF Health News
May 18, 2023
2:30 pm

Medicaid is the joint federal and state health insurance program for people with low incomes or disabilities.

Community paramedics don’t wait for an emergency to visit rural patients at home
Community paramedics don’t wait for an emergency to visit rural patients at home
Arielle Zionts, KFF Health News
May 2, 2023
2:15 pm

Community paramedicine allows paramedics to use their skills outside of emergency settings.

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