A consumer seeking some quick medical advice via a telehealth visit through her usual health system was charged more than $600 for out-of-network care, according to KFF Health News. ...
Prior authorization for cancer treatment is leading to potentially deadly delays for consumers in need of critical care, according to KFF Health News. Florida resident Leslie Fisk was diagnosed...
UnitedHealth and OptumRx, its pharmacy benefit manager (PBM), are being sued over alleged anticompetitive practices, according to reports by Healthcare Dive. The lawsuit seeks to address performance-based fees,...
The number of consumers who have enrolled in health care plans offered through the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) exchange has already reached 15 million, with total enrollees for 2024...
According to a new Gallup poll, American consumers are deeply dissatisfied with nearly every part of the health care system, Axios reports. Nearly every player in the health care...
According to a recent study published in JAMA Health Forum, and reported by Fierce Healthcare, hospital facility fees are 50 percent higher than those charged in similar circumstances by...
The Biden administration wants to end the anticompetitive business practices used by health insurers and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), according to reports by Healthcare Dive. Experts say that these...
The dispute resolution portal created by the No Surprises Act was designed to keep consumers out of payment disputes between providers and insurance companies. After being shut down earlier...
An investigative report conducted by Syracuse.com and The Post-Standard finds that state-run hospitals in New York are engaging in aggressive and harsh medical debt collection practices. Harry Martin, 54,...
Dr. Rachel Werner, the Executive Director of the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics and Professor of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, recently joined Wisconsin Public Radio’s “The...