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Collectors, care providers want changes to medical debt regulations
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (666+ words) Governor Maura Healey’s effort to crack down on medical debt reporting has drawn resistance from debt collectors and some health care providers who say the regulatory scheme could compromise the accuracy of credit reports and create financial struggles for smaller…...
Cerberus, former Steward Health Care private equity owner, settles with creditors
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1192+ words) Cerberus Capital Management, the private equity firm that pulled $800 million out of the doomed Steward Health Care system, reached a financial settlement Thursday with the contractors, suppliers, and other creditors who went unpaid as the hospital chain collapsed. However, while…...
Massachusetts rolls out new chip-enabled EBT cards amid concerns of SNAP benefits fraud
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (434+ words) State officials announced the rollout of new tap-enabled chip cards for recipients of public benefits, including the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, as part of a means of tackling ongoing benefits fraud. The rollout makes Massachusetts the fourth state in…...
Mass. regulators approve steep health insurance premium increases
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (610+ words) Nearly 700,000 Bay Staters will still see double-digit premium increases next year, even after state insurance regulators managed to trim down rates across seven carriers and rejected the sharpest proposed spike of almost 26 percent. The Division of Insurance posted finalized rates…...
One year after steepest premium increase in a decade, R.I. health insurers seek double-digit hikes
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (818+ words) One year after commercial health insurers sought the steepest annual commercial premium hikes in over a decade, the companies that insure one third of Rhode Islanders have barely tempered their requested increases. “It’s not a win,” Health Insurance Commissioner Cory…...
Mass. has new limits on insurers’ much-hated prior authorizations. Here’s what to know.
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (793+ words) Governor Maura Healey’s administration on Friday issued new rules aimed at reining in the widely-despised practice of health insurance prior authorizations. Healey and supporters say the reforms will make accessing care faster and cheaper while lessening some of the paperwork…...
Ryan Schwarz to lead MassHealth as agency braces for federal overhaul
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (257+ words) As MassHealth braces for massive federal cuts and prepares to negotiate a new federal waiver that gives the state flexibility over how care is delivered, the agency will gain a familiar leader next week. Dr. Ryan Schwarz will become the…...
Task force looks to address Mass. health care system ‘at a breaking point’
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (401+ words) Getting this crew to agree that the state’s health care system is broken was easy. Getting them to agree on solutions? That’s a little tougher. The Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation and law/consulting firm Manatt gathered around 20 business and…...
Boston Medical Center system, state’s biggest health care provider for the poor, reports losses ahead of looming Medicaid cuts
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (1016+ words) Boston Medical Center, the state’s largest provider of medical care to the poor, has a long history of weathering financial challenges. These days, the headwinds are particularly strong. They blow largely because of BMC’s 2024 acquisition of two struggling community hospitals…...
UnitedHealth insurer defrauded MassHealth out of $100 million, AG lawsuit alleges
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (357+ words) Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell on Friday sued UnitedHealth Group’s insurance subsidiary, UnitedHealthcare, alleging the company intentionally made low-income older adults appear sicker than they were over the past decade to boost its bottom line. UnitedHealthcare received at least…...