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CHIP Coverage Cliff Threatens 7M Kids
7 million kids could lose health coverage this year. Not because they no longer qualify. But because the system processing their eligibility can't keep up. The House-passed reconciliation bill, moving through Congress in late May ...
Lung Cancer Screening AI Closes Deadly Gap
18% of eligible patients get lung cancer screening. At FQHCs, it's under 6%. Let that sink in. Lung cancer kills more Americans than colorectal, pancreatic, and breast cancer combined. This year, 235,760 people will be ...
Medicaid Managed Care Overhaul Hits CHCs Hard
Medicaid managed care is being quietly rewritten. Here is what that means. When people talk about the House reconciliation bill, the conversation jumps to work requirements, DSH cuts, and ACA subsidies. But buried inside the ...
ACA Subsidy Cliff Threatens Marketplace Coverage
3.8 million people could lose health coverage next year. And it has nothing to do with Medicaid. The enhanced premium tax credits introduced under the Inflation Reduction Act have been one of the most impactful, ...
Medicaid DSH Cuts Threaten Safety-Net Hospitals
The Medicaid cuts nobody is talking about just passed the House. Everyone is focused on work requirements. And yes, those matter enormously. But buried inside HR 1, the reconciliation bill that passed the House on ...
FQHC Section 330 Funding Under Fire 2026
32+ million patients. One budget line. One vote away from a crisis. Federally Qualified Health Centers are the backbone of primary care for America's most vulnerable populations. Rural families. Uninsured workers. Medicaid enrollees. Immigrants. People ...
CMS Pays for AI Heart Detection on Chest CT
AI just found heart disease hiding in your chest CT scan. And now, for the first time, hospitals can actually bill Medicare for it. As of April 1, 2026, CMS created a reimbursement pathway for ...
AI Diagnostic Tools Reach Rural Hospitals
Rural hospitals are finally getting radiologists. Just not human ones. Across the United States, roughly 60 million people live in rural communities where access to a radiologist on staff is nearly impossible. Recruiting is brutal. ...







