Insurance companies are fining hospitals for out-of-network care, arguing that federal changes are costing them more money. A new bill aims to stop those fines and protect consumers ...
There was a time when a hospital contract renewal was one of the more boring events in healthcare. Health systems and payers would work through rate disputes in private, and patients rarely knew the ...
Contract showdowns between hospital systems and health insurers are happening more often, and patients are caught in the middle. In recent months, disputes over expiring contracts have led to tens of ...
Last winter, Amber Wingler started getting a series of increasingly urgent messages from her local hospital in Columbia, Missouri, letting her know her family's health care might soon be upended. MU ...
CommonSpirit Health says they failed to reach a new contract agreement with Cigna, a dispute that could affect in-network ...
Akron's Summa Health will stop scheduling appointments for people with out-of-network and non-contracted insurance plans, effective Monday, Sept. 1, the health system announced. The change is meant to ...