Corporate entities – from private equity fand hospitals to insurance companies – employ 82% of practicing U.S. physicians who say such ownership erodes their autonomy.
Employee health benefit costs are expected to rise 8.2% on average in 2027 — the highest increase since 2003 – benefits consultancy Marsh says.
Employee health benefit costs are expected to rise 8.2% on average in 2027 — the highest increase since 2003 — according to estimates.
UnitedHealthcare, the nation’s largest health insurer, has unveiled 1,700 diagnostic codes that will no longer need prior approval, effective October 1.
Cancer is the top condition driving healthcare spending for the fifth year in a row, a new report from the Business Group on Health shows.
Following a parade of health insurance company earnings reports this summer, stocks are rising and costs appear to be under control — for now.
Electronic health record giant Epic Systems is working with medical care providers and two of the nation’s largest health insurers to speed prior authorization reviews.
Centene, one of the nation’s largest providers of Obamacare, said chief financial officer Drew Asher plans to step down as chief financial officer in December.
Health insurers denied “at least 1 in 8 standard requests” when prior authorization was required across Medicare Advantage, Medicaid and Obamacare last year, KFF said.
Cuts imposed by President Trump’s One “Big Beautiful Bill” will soon hit U.S. hospitals after a relatively strong cash and operating positions of the last five years,