Thousands visiting an Olathe hospital were sued for medical debt. Dozens went to jail | The Kansas Leadership Center Journal
Community Catalyst Business Development Manager Mark Rukavina is quoted in a Kansas Leadership Center Journal article on one medical center's highly aggressive actions to collect on medical debts, including widespread use of lawsuits against consumers.
Ghost Bill: UVA Siphons Couple’s Tax Refund To Pay 20-Year-Old Medical Debt | Kaiser Health News
Community Catalyst Business Development Manager Mark Rukavina is quoted in a Kaiser Health News story about how the Univ. of Virginia and other state institutions attach two-decade old medical debt, by reducing state tax refunds due.
We Can't Shut Our Eyes | Get Konnected Magazine
The April 10 blog post, "We Can’t Shut Our Eyes – Black People Are Being Infected and Dying From the Coronavirus at Alarming Rates," by Dara S. Taylor, Director, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, was reprinted in Get Konnected Magazine's May 2020 edition.
Column: Sick of religious limits on care, a hospital seeks to end partnership with Catholic system | Los Angeles Times
Women's Health Program Director Lois Uttley is quoted in this column reporting on a lawsuit filed by a Presbyterian-affiliated hospital seeking to extricate itself from a 2012 merger with a Catholic health system.
Medicaid Can Help as America Faces the Coronavirus Crisis — Let It | The Hill
Community Catalyst Executive Director Emily Stewart and Strategic Advisor Cindy Mann co-authored this post published in The Hill blog that urges the federal government to increase Medicaid's capacity to help during the pandemic.
Some nonprofit hospitals aren’t earning their tax breaks, critics say | The Bakersfield Californian
Surprise Medical Bills Focus of Several Congressional Proposals | New England Public Radio
Some Nonprofit Hospitals Aren’t Earning Their Tax Breaks, Critics Say | Stateline
Trump Administration Unveils a Major Shift in Medicaid | The New York Times
Mount Sinai Beth Israel to explore birthing center, expand ED as part of campus overhaul | Crain’s NY Health Pulse
Women's Health Program director Lois Uttley is quoted in this piece in opposition to Mount Sinai’s plan to drastically downsize the Beth Israel Medical Center from nearly 700 beds to 70.
NAIC Names 2020 Consumer Liaison Representatives | Insurance News Net
The Health 202: The Supreme Court may have saved Trump from himself on Obamacare | The Washington Post
Community Catalyst's Twitter account @HealthPolicyHub was quoted in this Washington Post article about the Supreme Court's decision not to expedite the Health Care Repeal Lawsuit.
Supreme Court Declines to Fast-Track Democratic Appeals on Affordable Care Act | The Wall Street Journal
Anchor Institutions: Best Practices to Address Social Needs and Social Determinants of Health | American Journal of Public Health
This article for AJPH, co-authored by Business Development Manager Mark Rukavina and former Executive Director Rob Restuccia, among others, details best practices in implementing social determinants of health strategies in anchor institutions.
Collins under fire as appeals court strikes down ACA mandate | Maine Beacon
Late Wednesday, the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling declaring the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate unconstitutional, referring the law back to a lower court where observers say it will likely be struck down.