On Feb. 25, the White House demanded hospitals and health insurers post their upfront prices, including their negotiated rates by health plan. With this information, patients in the Carolinas and across the country can finally avoid widespread price gouging, spot wide price variations for the same care, and choose affordable treatments.
Dartmouth Health has joined a coalition of New Hampshire hospitals suing the state over its Medicaid Enhancement Tax.
New Hampshire Hospital Association, DH and its affiliates and Concord Hospital and its affiliates filed a lawsuit on Tuesday challenging the constitutionality of the tax, which dates to the 1990s.
North Carolina House Bill 434, the CARE FIRST Act, would reform the prior authorization process by putting patients first and ensuring North Carolinians receive medically necessary care when their physicians deem it appropriate — not when their health insurance company finally gets around to approving it.
Maine hospitals are grappling with crippling costs, plummeting revenues and aging infrastructure, with many forced to cut services, delay critical investments and stretch resources beyond safe limits.
Washington hospitals are raising alarm that taxes and insurance payment caps proposed in the state Legislature could jeopardize their finances and undermine patient care.
Some Americans who rely on Medicaid to pay for their health care don’t realize their insurance is funded by that very program, which congressional Republicans are looking to shrink.