Amid its climb toward financial stability, Delta Health Hospital lost its footing after a string of unexpected expenses and complications, from Medicaid “clawbacks” to the loss of millions in drug discounts.
That stumble left the hospital with only a few days of on-hand cash; however, Delta Health executives emphasized the hospital is not in peril of closing.
A recent appeals-court ruling restricts options for hospitals seeking to use litigation to ensure prompt Medicaid payment.
The March 14 ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in Saint Anthony Hospital v. Whitehorn essentially states that hospitals do not have a legal right to sue state Medicaid programs under federal law to obtain timely payment.
In the wake of the boom of artificial intelligence (AI), more healthcare insurance companies are using the technology to speed up the process of evaluating patient medical claims, making it quite likely AI played a hand in determining the outcome of your payout.
CrowdHealth, which was founded in 2021, offers a new take on an old idea.
For decades, religious health-sharing ministries with names like Medi-Share and Samaritan Ministries have asked communities to pitch in for the medical bills of strangers. CrowdHealth has no spiritual affiliation; it’s a peer-to-peer financial-technology company that allows its roughly 10,000 paying members to make payments toward fellow members’ medical expenses.
Both chambers of the North Carolina General Assembly are pushing for healthcare reforms to provide price transparency and authorization efficiency for patients across the state, but questions remain about whether the House and Senate will unite in their proposals to approve health reform legislation during the 2025 session.
Corvallis-based Samaritan Health Services has formally notified its bank that it likely violated its bond terms last year due to losses. While CEO Doug Boysen downplayed the notice, he said the finances in Oregon healthcare appear untenable statewide and it's the system's "duty" to seek growth while considering possibilities such as a merger, outside partner or sale. "All options are on the table," he told The Lund Report. "It’s a really uncertain environment right now and we are looking at all different potential options to make sure that Samaritan is sustainable into the future."