Stock futures pushed solid gains towards Wednesday's open as the market rallied on Tuesday's Democratic primary election results. Healthcare names continued to lead the premarket action, with UnitedHealth Group easily pacing the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones today.
The Trump administration is considering using a national disaster program to pay hospitals and doctors for their care of uninsured people infected with the new coronavirus as concerns rise over costs of treating some of the 27 million Americans without health coverage, a person familiar with the conversations said.
Indiana lawmakers on Monday rolled back a proposal that could cut how much insurance companies pay for medical services performed at offices located away from a hospital's main campus. That action came after hundreds of doctors and nurses descended on the Statehouse as Indiana hospital officials protested the payment limitations that had been added to a bill Republican legislative leaders see as steps toward reining in ever-growing health care costs.
Accolade, the Seattle-based health benefits platform led by former Concur president Raj Singh, filed Friday to raise as much as $100 million in an initial public offering. Here are some of the highlights from its S-1 registration statement, revealing many of its key business details for the first time publicly.
Frank Wucinski and his 3-year-old daughter, Annabel, are among the dozens of Americans the government has flown back to the country from Wuhan, China, and put under quarantine to check for signs of coronavirus. Now they are among what could become a growing number of families hit with surprise medical bills related to government-mandated actions.
The state’s rural hospitals are continuing to bleed, reporting higher costs and fewer patients to cover expenses. Six of Vermont’s 14 hospitals lost money in fiscal year 2019 — twice as many as the previous year.