Dr. Danielle Ofri, a primary care doctor in New York, recently chronicled her experience with how doctor’ offices and urgent care centers owned by hospital systems can lead to...
A new survey from the American Medical Association (AMA) shows how prior authorization processes create hurdles for consumers attempting to access health care, according to Rev Cycle Intelligence. The...
A bipartisan bill reintroduced in the U.S. Senate aims to reform prior-authorization processes and standards for consumers on Medicare Advantage plans, according to Axios. The Improving Seniors’ Timely Access...
The Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently reversed a lower court decision that would have struck down an ACA mandate requiring health insurers to cover free, preventive...
A bipartisan coalition of 32 State Attorneys General are petitioning the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on a case concerning pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) regulation, according to Fierce...
A study published by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), and reported by The Wall Street Journal and Axios, found a correlation between soaring hospital prices and job...
A recently enacted state law in Indiana may lead to an increase in proposed hospital mergers, according to KFF Health News. The executives pushing these mergers often promise better...
Although many hospitals are engaging in predatory, anti-patient practices meant to pad their bottom line while enriching their executives, Rochester Regional Health in New York has instituted policies that...
The Biden administration is working to drop medical debt from consumers’ credit reports, according to The Wall Street Journal and Axios. Currently, 15 million consumers carry nearly $50 billion...
A dozen cancer patients are accusing Memorial Medical Center in New Mexico, a for-profit, private equity-backed hospital, of denying them critical cancer care, according to an investigative report by...