Surprise Settlement In Sutter Health Antitrust Case
(By Jenny Gold for Kaiser Health News) SAN FRANCISCO — Sutter Health has reached a tentative settlement agreement in a
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Health Care Finance
Pharma tests real-time platform to forestall drug shortages
In response to the hundreds of drug shortages hitting the pharmaceutical industry each quarter, Merck KGaA plans to launch a
Read MoreNew drugs are costing more
Analysis from the drug research firm Brooklyn, found the average launch prices for new brand-name drugs have skyrocketed over the
Read MoreResearchers are suggesting site-neutral payments after Medicare reimbursement increased for hospital outpatient providers
A new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine found when Medicare reimbursement depended on location, greater hospital-based versus practice-based payments
Read MoreDifferent factors that will affect your health care costs in retirement
We all have read the headlines saying we will need $285,000 for health expenses, not including nursing home or other
Read MoreThe unavoidable tradeoff in lowering drug prices: fewer new drugs
Although House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s plan to lower prescription drug prices would save the federal government hundreds of billions of
Read MoreFederal surprise-billing legislation will likely pass Congress by end of year, US senator says
(By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review) Sen. Bill Cassidy, MD, R-La., said he thinks federal surprise-billing legislation will pass Congress by
Read MorePatients Eligible For Charity Care Instead Get Big Bills
(By Jordan Rau for Kaiser Health News) When Ashley Pintos went to the emergency room of St. Joseph Medical Center
Read MoreCalifornia’s New Transparency Law Reveals Steep Rise In Wholesale Drug Prices
(By Barbara Feder Ostrov and Harriet Blair Rowan for CaliforniaHealthline) Drugmakers fought hard against California’s groundbreaking drug price transparency law,
Read MoreCHS to erase up to $50M in medical debt for former hospital patients
(By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review) As part of a legal settlement, Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems has agreed
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