A new federal law has gone into effect that aims to prevent consumers from receiving surprise medical bills, according to PA Homepage. A 2018 report found that 57 percent...
An anesthesiology practice in Virginia has made it their priority to file collection lawsuits to consumers hit with surprise medical bills, according to Kaiser Health News. In early 2020,...
When a Connecticut woman’s 9-year-old son needed to see a pediatric specialist at Yale New Haven Health System in June 2021, the hospital billed her for a “hospital facility...
Forbes has six tips to help consumers take charge of their health care finances and make the most of their money in 2022. Experts say that studying your health...
13.6 million Americans have signed up for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act marketplaces, a record number, according to Kaiser Health News. Top health advisers to President Biden...
Americans are being granted new protections against surprise medical bills, according to CNN. The No Surprises Act, approved by Congress in late 2020 with bipartisan support, went into effect...
Despite choosing an in-network hospital and informing the hospital staff of changes to her health insurance, a Florida woman was billed $550,124 for her newborn son’s 56-day neonatal intensive...
In September, a story we highlighted featured a patient who received a $70,000 medical bill from a military treatment facility not yet authorized to waive surprise bills. Now, the...
According to Healthcare Dive, an analysis of private claims data has found there to be an almost $80,000 difference between the highest and lowest in-network costs for complex COVID-19...
In the midst of rising health insurance premiums and deductibles in the state, which in recent years have grown three times as fast as workers’ wages, New Jersey Governor...
Washington Consumers Struggle to Access Therapist Services | Consumers for Quality Care
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Washingtonians must take great lengths, and wait, sometimes for months, to find the right therapist, according to reporting from The Seattle Times. Canh Tran, a therapist himself, sought a...
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Providers more likely to use negative descriptors in Black patients' health records, study finds
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A new machine learning analysis of over 40,000 electronic medical record entries found a disproportionate amount of negative language among the notes of Black patients, the unmarried, the comorbid and those with Medicare or Medicaid coverage.
Oregon Moves to Limit Mergers that Increase Health Care Costs | Consumers for Quality Care
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According to The Lund Report, Oregon is currently working on implementing a law passed in the state legislature last year that controls mergers and acquisitions in health care. Mergers...