Category: Health Insurance and Managed Care

In Battle Over Health Care Costs, Private Equity Plays Both Sides

As medical practices owned by private equity firms fuel overbilling, a payment tool also backed by such investors helps insurers boost their profits.
4 Things You Need to Know About Health Care Cyberattacks

Despite the explosion in ransomware hacks like the one against Change Healthcare, regulation is spotty and few new safeguards have been proposed to protect patient data, vulnerable hospitals and medical groups.
When Medicaid Comes After the Family Home

Federal law requires states to seek reimbursement from the assets, usually homes, of people who died after receiving benefits for long-term care.
In Hospitals, Affordable Housing Gets the Long-Term Investor It Needs

Health care systems and affordable housing developers have a mutual financial interest in helping communities live healthier.
Insurance Costs Are Pushing Up Overall Inflation

Insurance costs are on the rise for various reasons, adding to overall inflation.
With Cyberattack Fix Weeks Away, Health Providers Slam United

Hospitals, doctors and clinics expressed frustration that they will have to wait even longer for reimbursements after hackers paralyzed the largest U.S. billing clearinghouse.
Britain Is Cutting Taxes Again. Why Now?

The government announced a budget as a national election looms. Here’s what you need to know.
Cyberattack Wreaks Havoc on Health Care Billing

The hack shut down the nation’s biggest health care payment system, causing financial chaos affecting a broad spectrum ranging from large hospitals to single-doctor practices.
Paid Family Caregivers in Indiana Face Steep Cutbacks

Now that federal pandemic-era funds are shrinking, states like Indiana are ending or curtailing programs that finance home care by relatives of seriously ill children and adults.
Alabama IVF Ruling: What to Know About the Costs of Moving Embryos

An Alabama Supreme Court decision has left patients and doctors feeling legally vulnerable, and with many questions. We sought answers from experts.
UnitedHealth Cyberattack Disrupts Prescription Drug Coverage

For nearly a week, people have been waylaid at pharmacies after a unit of the nation’s largest insurer was shut down by a possible ransomware assault.
Staggering Rise in Catheter Bills Suggests Medicare Scam

Seven medical supply companies made suspicious claims involving thousands of Medicare beneficiaries, an advocacy group found.