Montana lawmakers are considering legislation to increase the authority of the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Service (DPHHS) to conduct oversight of nonprofit hospitals’ tax-exempt status, according...
A study of 2,000 U.S. hospitals’ websites, conducted by PatientRightsAdvocate.org and reported by Healthcare Dive, found that only around 25 percent were fully compliant with federal price transparency rules....
A family is calling for change after shining a light on predatory health insurance billing practices, according to ProPublica. Penn State University student Christopher McNaughton and his parents, David...
Physicians treating the newborn daughter of a Chicago family in their in-network hospital actually worked for a separate, out-of-network hospital, leaving the family with a bill of more than...
According to a recent survey conducted by AKASA and YouGov, and reported by Medical Economics, a considerable number of patients with high-deductible health plans (HDHPs) reported experiencing issues with...
A report from the Mississippi Department of Health found deaths from pregnancy complications continue to increase, especially among communities of color. According to NBC News, the report shows an...
Senators Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) each reintroduced bipartisan legislation that would institute various reforms to how pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) are permitted to operate, Fierce Healthcare...
About 40 states are expected to consider measures that would streamline the process for doctors to obtain health plan sign-offs necessary to order procedures or treatments, Axios reports. In...
Only 19 percent of hospitals are in full compliance with the federal price transparency rule, according to findings published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine (JGIM) and reported...
While most uninsured Americans cite the unaffordable cost of health coverage for their lack of coverage, new data from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and reported...