Nonprofit hospitals set similar free care cutoffs in high-, low-need areas (November 2026 – Becker’s Hospital Review)

Bad debt and charity care expenses climbing, expected to go even higher (September 2026 – Healthcare Financial Management Association)

Oregon law to reduce medical debt from nonprofit hospital visits is working, study finds (April 2026 – Oregon Capital Chronicle)

An Oregon policy required hospitals to offer more financial assistance. Medical debt plummeted (March 2026 – Tulane Today)

Affirmative action decision will worsen health disparities. (August 2023 – OpEd on the Boston Globe – The Emancipator)

Understanding charity care: Regulators and researchers are taking a look at hospitals’ charity care. Physicians might want to, too. (April 2025 – American College of Physicians; Hospitalist)

When primary care includes behavioral health services, people in addiction are more likely to seek treatment (October 2024 – PhillyVoice)

North Carolina Shows States Can End the Great Medicaid Purge—and So Can the Federal Government. (August 2023 – OpEd on Common Dreams)

Nonprofit hospitals are sitting on $14 billion. Let’s spend it on public health. (May 2023 – OpEd on Harvard Public Health Magazine)

Here’s How to End the U.S. Health Disadvantage (February 2023 – OpEd on MedPage Today)

Collaboration Between Non-Profit Hospitals and Local Health Departments May Improve Community Health (August 2021 – PennLDI Blog)

 

Research Reveals Medicaid Expansion Is Still Improving Hospital Finances: A new study analyzes critical data at state and national levels (May 2021)

ColoradoSPH launches online data dashboard to assist LPHAs and local leaders

New COVID-19 data dashboard to include economic, mental health impacts

Science Through Her Eyes: Tatiane Santos