Washington state, in its second year of offering the nation's first public option health insurance plan, has learned an important lesson: If you want hospitals to participate, you're probably going to have to force them.
A San Antonio jury ordered Peripheral Vascular Associates to pay $8.1 million in damages for fraudulent Medicare claims after several whistleblowers brought evidence to court.
WARM SPRINGS - The Montana State Hospital in Warm Springs has been placed on "Immediate Jeopardy" status by CMS for alleged violations of patient rights and infection prevention control.
Earlier this month, Yale New Haven Health officials announced plans to buy two other health systems, including three hospitals in central Connecticut, pending state approval. Consumer advocates and public health analysts say residents and insurance payers have a reason to be concerned about the deal.
Marshall Health and Mountain Health Network have joined Peak Health, a Morgantown-based health insurer that was formed in 2021 by West Virginia University Medicine, which does business as WVU Medicine.
A group of citizens in Connecticut is suing Hartford HealthCare, alleging the large hospital system has amassed monopoly power "to extract higher prices from insurers, employers, and patients."
This is another class-action lawsuit arguing hospital consolidation has crushed everyone's bank accounts and has led to the rise of anti-competitive contracts that force insurers and employers to accept take-it-or-leave-it terms.