The Oregon Health Authority has firmly rejected Legacy Health's request for a waiver that would give the hospital system permission to close the birthing center at Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center.
Senators and health care stakeholders alike seemed unable to find much agreement Wednesday on how to address Indiana’s health care costs, or even how to measure and compare those costs to neighboring states.
Critical decisions are pending before courts and legislators in 2023 that promise to shape the future of the 340B Drug Pricing Program (340B Program), which provides discounts on outpatient drugs for certain health care providers, referred to as covered entities. The resolution of these issues will have an enormous financial impact on the health care industry, including pharmaceutical manufacturers, 340B hospitals, and federal grantees.
The No. 1 answer to why the South suffers from low credit scores turns out to be medical debt. The South has a lot more unpaid medical bills than other regions.
A new analysis suggests bills for hospital care make up most medical debt in the United States - and that low-income people and people of color are disproportionately affected by overdue medical debt. The report from the Urban Institute drew on data from a June survey of a nationally representative sample of 9,494 adults ages 18 to 64.
Some Columbus residents could get letters in the mail informing them of voided medical debt by late summer, if Columbus City Council greenlights an ordinance to partner with a national debt forgiveness nonprofit.