Harris Meyer, KFF Health News

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Health worker for a nonprofit? The new ban on noncompete contracts may not help you
Health worker for a nonprofit? The new ban on noncompete contracts may not help you
Harris Meyer, KFF Health News
June 5, 2024
9:30 am

In April, in a 3-2 vote, the FTC approved a final rule prohibiting contracts that prevent an employee from taking a job with a competitor.

Concerns grow over quality of care as investor groups buy not-for-profit nursing homes
Concerns grow over quality of care as investor groups buy not-for-profit nursing homes
Harris Meyer, KFF Health News
March 14, 2024
9:32 am

Since 2015, 900 not-for-profit nursing homes and senior living communities nationwide have changed hands.

FTC chief gears up for a showdown with private equity
FTC chief gears up for a showdown with private equity
Harris Meyer, KFF Health News
November 30, 2023
3:00 pm

Over the past three years, FTC and Department of Justice officials have signaled they would apply more scrutiny to private equity acquisitions in health care.

As more patients email doctors, health systems start charging fees
As more patients email doctors, health systems start charging fees
Harris Meyer, KFF Health News
September 14, 2023
3:00 pm

Spurred by the sharp rise in email messaging during the covid pandemic, a growing number of health systems around the country have started charging patients when physicians and other clinicians send replies to their messages.

Promising better, cheaper care, Kaiser Permanente’s national expansion faces wide skepticism
Promising better, cheaper care, Kaiser Permanente’s national expansion faces wide skepticism
Harris Meyer, KFF Health News
August 15, 2023
3:30 pm

It’s not clear how KP will be able to bring its model to markets where it doesn’t own an integrated system of physicians, hospitals, and health plans, as it does in California.

Malpractice lawsuits over denied abortion care may be on the horizon
Malpractice lawsuits over denied abortion care may be on the horizon
Harris Meyer, KFF Health News
June 23, 2023
12:32 pm

Some experts predict those providers could soon face a new legal threat: medical malpractice lawsuits alleging they harmed patients by failing to provide timely, necessary abortion care.

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