An increasing number of religious groups are partnering with the nonprofit RIP Medical Debt to raise funds to forgive medical debt owed by consumers, according to a report from...
The federal government is proposing changes that would require health insurance plans to speed up the process of prior authorization, according to Kaiser Health News. Prior authorization is a...
A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that Black Americans have the highest rate of emergency department visits related to mental health disorders...
Expanded subsidies for Affordable Care Act plans and expanded access to Medicaid were key in increasing health care coverage during the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly among racial and ethnic groups,...
Patient and consumer advocates are urging the Biden administration to take more aggressive steps to protect Americans from medical debt, according to NPR. Advocates are also calling for the...
State lawmakers in Pennsylvania are looking to require private insurance companies to cover telehealth services, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer. As it stands, Pennsylvania is one of just seven...
According to a JAMA study, prices negotiated for surgeries at hospital network facilities were higher than prices for the same procedures at independent hospitals, RevCycle Intelligence reports. The hospital...
Chair of the U.S. House Oversight and Accountability Committee, James Comer (R-KY), announced that the Committee will launch an investigation into pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), Healthcare Dive reports. The...
A new survey conducted by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and reported by Healthcare Dive found that about 64 percent of Medicaid-enrolled adults were unaware that they may lose...
Nonprofit hospitals in Pennsylvania are coming under more scrutiny, according to Spotlight PA. This month, a Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court judge revoked a property tax exemption for a nonprofit hospital...