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Payer
How Much Will that Surgery Cost? Hospital Prices Remain Largely Unhelpful.
Trump's 2025 order shows how little progress the country has made since he issued a similar directive nearly six years...
Revenue Cycle
Employers Press Congress to Cement Health Price Transparency Before Trump's Return
Employers are using transparency data to try to slow growth of their healthcare costs.
Payer
FL Gov. DeSantis' Canadian Drug Import Plan Goes Nowhere After FDA Approval
A Florida health official familiar says there is no planned date yet for the state to begin importing drugs.
Revenue Cycle
Provider CFOs Bristle at Payer 'Dirty Tactics.'
Eight-in-10 surveyed provider execs say the rise in payer denials is 'brazen' and 'intentional.'
Payer
KFF Health News Sues to Force Disclosure of Medicare Advantage Audit Records
Lawyers for KFF say the information is 'critically important to public oversight of government misspending.'
Payer
Employers Haven't a Clue How Their Drug Benefits Are Managed
A new KFF survey indicates how little employers understand the PBMs and their pricing policies.
Payer
CA May Regulate and Restrict PBMs
PBMs have been under fire for years for alleged profiteering and anticompetitive conduct, but Congress has yet to act.
CFO
California Becomes Latest State To Try Capping Health Care Spending
California is the ninth state ? after Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, and Washington ? to...
Payer
Price Transparency: Private Plans Pay More, A Lot More
Left without cost data, a study shows employers are still struggling to create better health plans.
Technology
FTC Chief Says Tech Advancements Risk Healthcare Price Fixing
Algorithms make it possible for companies to fix prices without explicitly coordinating with one another.
CEO
New Federal Portal Urges Public to Report Healthcare Anticompetitive Practices
HealthyCompetition.gov is the latest effort by federal regulators to monitor the ongoing consolidation of the healthcare sector.
CEO
Northwell Health Dinged for $1M After 'Deceptively Advertising COVID-19 Testing Sites,' NY AG Says
New York's largest health system has refunded $400,000 to more than 2,000 patients, and will pay $650,000 in penalties to...