Although insurance companies were required to waive charges for COVID-19 hospitalizations, 10 percent of patients still had out-of-pocket costs of $2,000 or more for care that took place after...
President Joe Biden has proposed expanding telehealth access as a way of tackling the growing mental health crisis in the United States, according to mHealth Intelligence. Since the beginning...
While the percentage of Black Americans who lack medical insurance has decreased substantially since the adoption of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), this progress largely depends on where people...
As employers look for ways to offset the rising cost of health care premiums, they are doing so on the backs of employees, according to Axios. Increasingly, workers are...
A new study from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, a division of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), found people who belong to racial and...
Health insurers use of prior authorizations has been skyrocketing in recent years, frustrating consumers and doctors, according to Healthcare Dive. Prior authorization is an administrative hurdle which requires a...
The Colorado Supreme Court is taking on hospital billing practices after a woman who expected to pay $1,337 for a surgery was billed $303,709, according to The Denver Post. ...
The Michigan Coronavirus Taskforce on Racial Disparities has released recommendations on improving health outcomes for vulnerable populations at it relates to COVID-19, according to News Channel 3. The study...
A majority of consumers who used telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic were women seeking mental health care, according to new research reported by mHealth Intelligence. “The data suggests that...
Connecticut consumers are banding together to sue a large hospital system that has gobbled up local hospitals “to extract higher prices from insurers, employers, and patients,” according to Axios. By...