Roughly 17 percent of Maryland residents facing medical debt encounter compounded challenges, with a disproportionate amount of low-income consumers and communities of color affected, according to Maryland Matters. An...
New rules are being proposed by the Biden administration to ensure that insurers are covering mental health care in the same way they do physical health care, according to...
As part of its ongoing fight against pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued a warning to PBMs that cite “outdated” studies and statements from...
A new JAMA study has concluded that COVID-19 pandemic relief funding helped nearly 75 percent of hospitals report positive revenue during the height of the pandemic, according to Axios. ...
Although federal price transparency rules have been in effect for more than two years, only about one-third of hospitals are in compliance, according to a study compiled by Patient...
A recent report conducted by the inspector general’s office of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services found that private health insurance companies contracted by Medicaid are denying...
While state attorneys general have railed against predatory hospital billing and debt collection practices, they also serve as stewards of taxpayer dollars and collect on unpaid medical debt. Some...
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is looking to take action on deferred interest tied to medical credit cards, which is exacerbating the medical debt crisis facing millions of...
According to a new maternal health report released by the United Nations (U.N.), systemic racism and sexism have caused Black women in the Americas, including in the United States,...
The U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce has passed a legislative package that addresses hospital billing transparency and places further scrutiny on the pharmacy benefit manager (PBM)...