Millions of Californians are vulnerable to hefty surprise medical bills from their trips to the emergency room. Now, state lawmakers are considering a measure to cap how much out-of-network hospitals can charge privately insured patients for emergency care, which could serve as a model for other states.
Insurers miss the mark when it comes to member expectations for the kind of consumer experiences they get from other industries.
Poll reveals confidence in IT sector, while challenges remain in recruiting talent to capitalize on population health, precision medicine and more.
The ROI is in no longer going about treatment by trial and error.
Also, HHS revises LGBT discrimination protections in Affordable Care Act it says likely unenforceable and will save $3.6 billion over 5 years.
An additional 355,184 people would have been screened for colorectal cancer if non-expansion states had seen the same increases in screenings.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don’t have to.
Fewer than one in five are currently receiving information on how to avoid, manage, or mitigate the effects of a costly condition.
Buprenorphine is becoming an increasingly popular choice among doctors in California for treating opioid addiction. Use of methadone, while still more common, has not gained ground in recent years.
Reform has a cost. But the point of a health care system is to treat patients, not to buttress the economy.
