A two-year project conducted by the Lown Institute has found that financial-assistance policies vary greatly between hospitals nationwide – including between hospitals in the same city within walking distance...
For patients living with cancer, the physical toll is only part of the ordeal, as many are also burdened with the financial hardships – and their emotional repercussions –...
Reports released by the Health and Human Services Department (HHS), and covered by The New York Times, found that uninsured rates among minority groups — including Black, Hispanic, and...
Ballad Health is a large 20-hospital system serving over 1 million residents in northeast Tennessee and southwest Virginia. The system was established six years ago, when Tennessee and Virginia...
Independent and family-owned pharmacies across Oregon are struggling to stay in business due to monopolistic practices of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), according to OregonLive. Brooklyn Pharmacy, owned by Pat...
Independent pharmacies throughout Pennsylvania are struggling to stay in business, thanks to the monopolistic practices of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), according to Pennsylvania Capital-Star. Bob Schreiber of Morrisville opened...
The most populous county in the country, Los Angeles County, is debuting a new approach for handling medical debt, a nearly $3 billion problem in the county, according to...
A small hospital in rural Kansas ramped up its filing of debt-collection lawsuits against the residents of a 9,000-person county last year, according to The Wall Street Journal. ...
Health care mergers do little, if anything, to benefit consumers. In fact, these mergers have been found to decrease competition, raise costs, and reduce the quality of care, according...
There is bipartisan agreement on Capitol Hill that health care mergers, consolidation, and acquisitions must be reined in, according to Healthcare Dive. Last month, the House Budget Committee held...