The no-surprises law, billed as protecting patients from surprise medical bills, went into effect on New Year’s Day 2022. But did the federal law actually reduce health care costs to rates out-of-network charges, as well as certain forms of invoicing” for the part of the supplier’s costs not covered by insurance? The provisional assessment of …
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Consumers and healthcare companies should be wary of a proposed mega merger between two major healthcare systems in Minnesota and South Dakota. Fairview Health Services of Minneapolis and Sanford Health of Sioux Falls announced plans to merge in November, citing, as always, efficiency and improved patient care. But experts who study the economics of health …
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By John Rossheim | NerdWallet The no-surprises law, billed as protecting patients from surprise medical bills, went into effect on New Year’s Day 2022. But did the federal law actually reduce health care costs to rates out-of-network charges, as well as certain forms of invoicing” for the part of the supplier’s costs not covered by …
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Finding prices for healthcare procedures on Massachusetts hospital websites can be a “backdoor or frustrating process,” according to a new report, despite a 2019 federal law requiring hospitals to make all prices available online in a user-friendly format. The Pioneer Institute studied a sample of 19 Massachusetts hospitals to assess compliance with the Public Health …
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