STAT+: Peter Orszag wants the FTC and DOJ to stop challenging health care mergers
Peter Orszag was instrumental in crafting the Affordable Care Act. Now, he wants federal antitrust…
Category: insurers
STAT+: Another hospital sues MultiPlan, alleging scheme to ‘suppress’ payments
MultiPlan is facing a new class action lawsuit that alleges the company and large health…
STAT+: Court strikes down Trump-era rule that allowed health insurers to broadly use copay accumulators
A U.S. judge has struck down a Trump administration rule that allowed health insurers not…
STAT+: Biden administration takes aim at Medicare Advantage care denials, misleading ads
The Biden administration has unveiled its plan for attacking people’s chief concerns about privatized Medicare…
Medicare Advantage boosterism, providers’ surprise billing savior in Texas, and a health insurance firewall
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STAT+: Ruling against DOJ allows UnitedHealth bid for Change Healthcare to proceed
A federal judge on Monday shot down the U.S. Justice Department’s legal challenge to UnitedHealth…
STAT+: Doctors, seniors groups flag concerns with Medicare Advantage
Doctors, patients, and seniors groups are airing new grievances about Medicare Advantage, arguing the growing…
Surprise billing legal limbo & device price persuasion
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A lobbying frenzy over surprise billing, employer dialysis questions, and a big broker throwdown
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STAT+: Health care industry swarms Washington as surprise billing rules get ironed out
Solving surprise medical bills was supposed to be straightforward. It has been anything but. Already,…
Patients’ new credit card crunch, Amazon’s getting serious, and inflation has entered the chat
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STAT+: HCA Healthcare, Cigna chiefs top the lists of best-paid CEOs among providers, insurers
Health insurers and providers often argue over payments at the negotiating table, but in the…
STAT+: Hospitals have to post their prices. Now, health insurers and employers have to publish what they pay
The federal government’s latest push for more health care price transparency starts July 1, and…
STAT+: Many Blue Cross Blue Shield plans aren’t paying taxes — and instead are swimming in refunds
The Blue Cross Blue Shield system of health insurance companies boasts on its website, “We…
STAT+: ‘No real clear path’: Insurance coverage for cutting-edge diagnostics remains a major challenge for personalized medicine
DANA POINT, Calif. — Even the best treatment for a disease is no help if…
Federal antitrust case against Sutter Health headed for appeal
The long-running federal antitrust lawsuit against Sutter Health is getting a second wind after attorneys…
STAT+: Biden administration favors insurers over doctors in controversial new surprise billing regulations
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Thursday sided with insurers over physicians and other health…