Heather Turner of Minot has spent the past year trying to get her son the medication he needs to survive. Despite recommendations from multiple medical specialists, their insurance company continues to deny coverage — decisions she says are increasingly being made not by doctors, but by algorithms.
We live in a complicated world and try to find ways to simplify it. During this past legislative session, key legislation that would have helped ease the burden of obtaining needed health care stalled and did not pass.
Health care professionals and advocates have sounded the alarm on the historically low Medicaid reimbursement for over a decade, but state lawmakers, on both sides of the political divide, have been unable to get a bill off the ground that would raise it for one reason or another.
At the beginning of this year, Medicare hit doctors with a pay cut. Congress must reverse that cut soon — and enact a permanent fix in the way it pays doctors.
Absent action, many independent physician practices may be forced to shut their doors.
Counterforce Health created two artificial intelligence systems to craft letters and call health insurance companies to help people fight claim denials.