A federal appeals court has recently rejected the hospital industry’s challenge of the upcoming hospital price transparency rule that will require hospitals to disclose payer-specific rates to...
Provider groups are calling on the court to prevent hospital price transparency enforcement in the 11th hour, citing the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
The American Hospital Association, Association of...
UPDATED at 12/22/2020 Congress has reached an agreement on a $900 billion COVID-19 stimulus package that was passed on Monday evening. But healthcare providers are still concerned about receiving...
HHS, through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), has completed review of Phase 3 Provider Relief Fund applications and will start distributing payments to over 70,000...
National healthcare spending hit a total of $3.8 trillion in the year before COVID-19 hit, according to a new analysis from the Office of the Actuary at CMS.
The analysis published in Health Affairs...
Healthcare spending in the US is declining for the first time in years because of the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report from the Peterson-KFF Health System...
A federal district court has thrown out a case brought on by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) alleging a proposed healthcare merger deal between Jefferson Health and Einstein Health Network would...
A group of bipartisan policymakers has released details on a $908 billion COVID-19 relief bill that would provide more financial support for healthcare providers.
According to a summary framework...
Primary care’s already low share of national healthcare spending is getting smaller, according to a new analysis of tens of billions of private healthcare claims.
The analysis conducted by the...
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently filed a lawsuit in federal court to prevent a $350 million healthcare acquisition deal involving two Memphis, Tennessee-based hospitals owned by Tenet...
Providers belonging to the American Medical Group Association (AMGA) are citing rising COVID-19 cases as a reason why Congress should pass additional financial assistance.
In a letter sent to...
Most consumers living in a state with some of the most comprehensive healthcare price transparency laws have never thought to seek out pricing information for provider services, according to a recent...
Healthcare spending variation has been a major challenge for the industry, but a new study in Health Affairs has found that the gap between high- and low-cost regions is getting smaller based on...
Prescription drug prices are contributing to high US healthcare spending, but are not the top driver of costs, according to a recent analysis from the Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker.
The analysis...
HHS recently announced new Phase 3 Provider Relief Funding for healthcare providers, including an expanded group of behavioral health providers.
According to the announcement, HHS will begin...
UPDATED 09/30/2020 An executive order on a number of healthcare issues includes a new timeline for a surprise billing solution and further advancements in hospital price transparency.
Signed by...
The American Hospital Association (AHA) is speaking out against a new RAND Corporation study that found private health plans pay 247 percent more, on average, than what Medicare would pay for the same...
So far, about $291 billion of COVID-19 financial relief for the healthcare industry has been disbursed or committed, leaving about $121 billion still up for grabs, the Committee for a Responsible...
America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) is calling on the government to stop price gouging after finding provider prices for out-of-network COVID-19 tests far exceeded the average cost of...
Providers and suppliers are looking to preserve the healthcare supply chain after the COVID-19 pandemic by prioritizing the purchase of products made in the US and other strategies, a recent survey...
