Hospitals and physician offices charged patients significantly higher amounts for drugs than specialty pharmacies did, according to a study from AHIP.
Rising drug prices have contributed to high...
The cost of emergency ground ambulance services increased by 22 percent from 2017 to 2020, giving advanced life support ambulance rides a price tag of more than $1,200, according to a white paper from...
Six Connecticut residents have filed a healthcare antitrust lawsuit against Hartford HealthCare (HHC), alleging that the health system used unlawful and anticompetitive methods to charge payers and...
Electronic claims management adoption increased in 2020 as healthcare providers shifted to remote work environments when possible, but they are still leaving billions of dollars on the table in...
A bipartisan group of 195 Congress members wrote to the White House COVID-19 Response Team Coordinator Jeffrey Zient requesting an investigation into reports of alleged price gouging by nurse...
HHS, through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), is doling out another $2 billion in Provider Relief Fund payments to healthcare providers impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. More...
Overuse of low-value services was most often seen in healthcare systems that had more beds, had fewer primary care physicians, had more physician practice groups, and were...
Hospital mergers and acquisitions were down in 2021 as industry leaders faced another year battling the COVID-19 pandemic, new research from Kaufman Hall shows.
There were 49 transactions announced by...
COVID-19 tests spiked growth in Medicare spending in 2020. Meanwhile, spending for non-COVID-19 lab tests experienced a decline, according to a report from the HHS Office of the Inspector...
As state lawmakers aim to advance hospital price transparency in Indiana, the state’s largest hospital system is putting a hold on pricing increases.
At an annual public forum on hospital price...
According to a JAMA Network Open study, clinicians with multiple hospital affiliations were associated with increased medical cost, clinician service use, and greater procedure breadth.
To conduct the...
According to a new FAIR Health study, COVID-19 hospitalization cost varies by state, with complex hospitalizations for COVID-19 in-network average cost maxing out at $128,650.
“Behind the...
HHS announced the distribution of approximately $9 billion in Provider Relief Fund (PRF) Phase 4 payments to reimburse healthcare providers who experienced pandemic-related revenue losses and...
According to an Epic research study, urgent care utilization has increased since the beginning of the pandemic, but visits have shifted to provide more testing and immunization and less non-COVID...
The COVID-19 pandemic had a dramatic impact on US healthcare spending in 2020, according to a report recently released by the CMS Office of the Actuary.
The “2020 National Health Expenditures...
Pricing information publicly disclosed by CMS’ hospital price transparency rule falls short of informing consumers of their charges for many common hospital-based services, a new study published...
A study analyzing Choosing Wisely recommendations found that nearly 50 percent of identified low-value services may cause direct potential harm.
Published in JAMA Network, researchers...
According to a new American Medical Association (AMA) report, utilization of physician services in 2020 declined due to the COVID-19 pandemic, creating a less than expected decline of $13.9 billion in...
UPDATE 12/03/2021: Congress passed a continuing resolution Thursday night, averting a government shutdown. However, it did not address pending cuts to Medicare reimbursement for hospitals and...
Vice President Harris announced a $1.5 billion investment to respond to healthcare workforce shortages and improve critical clinical care in underserved communities impacted by the COVID-19...