Last month, the U.S. Senate Finance Committee unveiled a framework aimed at reforming how pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) operate, according to Fierce Healthcare. Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR)...
Visits to emergency departments by children and young adults to treat mental health-related issues, specifically suicide-related visits, shows just how dire America’s mental health crisis has become, according to...
The closure of Delaware County Memorial Hospital in suburban Philadelphia has hurt overall health care delivery for consumers, according to CBS News. The Pennsylvania Health Department shut down the...
There’s a growing problem among nonprofit hospitals in America, according to recent reporting by Medical Xpress, a problem that involves the allocation of resources between trustee compensation and charity...
Bronx rapper Fat Joe is using his voice on Capitol Hill to raise awareness for more price transparency in hospital billing, according to ABC News. Fat Joe partnered with...
North Carolina State Lawmakers are considering legislation both to safeguard consumers against high medical debt and to provide certain patients access to free health care, according to My Fox...
In Oregon, state lawmakers are weighing a bill designed to ensure low-income consumers receive discounted medical care, Philomath News reports. Under IRS rules, nonprofit hospitals are required to...
In an effort to help enforce federal price transparency laws, the Colorado State Senate recently passed SB 252, Colorado Politics reports. The bill, which passed the Senate 22-11,...
In 2020, the majority of private nonprofit hospitals in the United States spent less on charity care and community investments than they received in tax breaks. According to Revcycle...
A family’s desperate attempt to get their daughter critical life-saving treatment for depression turned into a nightmare situation with their insurance provider, according to NPR. Then 15-year-old Rose suffered...