The country’s largest state-sanctioned hospital monopoly is facing new calls for reform after patients complained for years about the quality of care, according to KFF Health News. Ballad Health...
Catholic hospitals, like many nonprofit hospitals, are becoming more like big businesses, paying executives millions while patients struggle to pay for medical care, according to KFF Health News. ...
A contract dispute between a hospital and an insurance company left a New Jersey consumer with a $25,000 hospital bill, according to NorthJersey.com. Ray Dietrich had surgery at Mount...
Countless stories of consumers falling into medical debt, through no fault of their own, spurred North Carolina officials to try a new approach to erasing billions of dollars in...
A private equity firm’s ownership stake in a multi-state hospital system resulted in the firm turning a $800 million profit, enriching shareholders, but ultimately forcing the hospital system to...
According to a new report from Deloitte, a “triple threat” of factors – affordability, access challenges, and negative past experiences – cause nearly half of all women to skip...
Nearly all consumers nationwide want hospitals and health insurers to be more transparent about the cost of medical services and procedures, according to a survey commissioned by Patient Rights...
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is calling on Indiana officials to block a proposed hospital merger which could result in less competition, higher prices, and worse patient care, according...
A study conducted by the American Medical Association found that four pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) control 70 percent of the prescription-drug market, Fierce Healthcare reports. The study found that...
Under a new final rule released by the Biden administration, health insurers must now cover mental-health care in the same way they cover care for physical ailments, according to...