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Covid-19
COVID Vaccine Websites Violate Disability Laws, Create Inequity for the BlindIn at least seven states, blind residents said they were unable to register for the vaccine through their state or...
Covid-19
Companies Pan for Marketing Gold in VaccinesBut some object to facilities using vaccines as a marketing tool.
Strategy
Montana's Health Policy MVP Takes Her Playbook on the RoadMarilyn Bartlett saved the state more than $30 million in three years by pegging hospital prices to a multiple of...
Telehealth
COVID-19 Prods Employers to Explore Virtual-Directed Health PlansThe rapid rise of telehealth has led a growing number of employers to explore a virtual-directed health plan model with...
Finance
'An Arm and a Leg': Viral TikTok Video Serves Up Recipe to 'Crush' Medical DebtInternal Revenue Service filings from thousands of nonprofit hospitals show they sent $2.7 billion in bills over a year to...
Strategy
As Drug Prices Keep Rising, State Lawmakers Propose Tough New Bills to Curb ThemDemocratic legislators in three states introduced bills that would slap an 80% tax on the drug price increases that ICER...
Strategy
PhRMA says Hospitals Hike Patients' Drug Prices, Reap ProfitsThe accusations come just days after a RAND Corporation report noted that U.S. consumers pay 2.56 times more for prescription...
Revenue Cycle
Price Transparency Could Stymie Cost-shiftingCost-shifting by hospitals to cover lousy Medicaid reimbursements will become more problematic as price transparency mandates take effect.
Finance
Out-of-Pocket Spending was Mostly Concentrated in Short Time IntervalsMore than 80% of enrollees were responsible for a portion of their healthcare costs, with an average annual cost sharing...
Revenue Cycle
'An Arm and a Leg': Tips for Fighting Medical Bills From a Former 'Bad Guy' Lawyer"An Arm and a Leg" is a podcast about healthcare costs, and its second season is co-produced by KHN.
Strategy
Drug Rebate Rule Deadline Pushed Back 60 DaysThe delay is part of a larger move by the Biden administration to freeze for 60 days many of the...
Strategy
If This Self-Sufficient Hospital Cannot Stand Alone, Can Any Public Hospital Survive?The public hospital ? those owned by counties, cities or other local government entities ? is an increasingly endangered species.