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Copay assistance is meant to defray patient drug costs. Some insurers keep it instead.
1+ hour, 53+ min ago (1720+ words) For 16 years, Larry Gruber, a fitness coach from Wilton Manors, Florida, received a coupon card to help him pay for a psoriatic arthritis medication he needs that costs more than $7, 700 a month. Each year, Amgen, which makes the drug, called…...
Medicare Advantage company pays $342 M to government in midst of billing probe
1+ week, 4+ hour ago (837+ words) A major Medicare Advantage company has paid the government more than $342 million to help settle allegations that it overcharged the federal healthcare program for years. Elevance Health, which covers about 2 million people on Medicare, sent the money to the Centers…...
Indiana takes on powerful hospitals by capping prices they charge employers
1+ week, 4+ hour ago (1150+ words) Tired of watching its employers struggle to afford the cost of healthcare, Republican-controlled Indiana is trying a traditionally liberal tactic to control costs: setting government price controls on hospitals. Under a law enacted last year, five of Indiana's largest nonprofit…...
Oregonians' health insurance premiums slated to jump in January " again
3+ week, 6+ day ago (163+ words) The Lund Report - More All Sections Latest News State Health Policy Money Flow Behavioral Health Health Equity Hospitals Opinion Caregivers SW Washington Oregon Health Plan Aging Rural Health Children's Health Gender Health Public Health Access & Quality Drugs & Pharmacies Housing & Poverty…...
Where Affordable Care Act insurance coverage has dropped most in Washington
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (1007+ words) Washington's rural counties saw the largest drops in insurance coverage under the Affordable Care Act after the Republican-controlled Congress failed to extend subsidies that helped consumers afford the plans. About 250, 000 Washingtonians are enrolled this year through the Washington Health Benefit…...
As Providence leaves the insurance business, Oregonians will feel effects
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (134+ words) The Lund Report - More All Sections Latest News State Health Policy Money Flow Behavioral Health Health Equity Hospitals Opinion Caregivers SW Washington Oregon Health Plan Aging Rural Health Children's Health Gender Health Public Health Access & Quality Drugs & Pharmacies Housing & Poverty…...
Providence-Compassus home health deal can go forward, state says
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (313+ words) Providence's move to'spin off its home health and hospice operations to a joint venture controlled by a venture-backed, for-profit company can go forward if certain conditions are met, state officials said Friday.' Providence's home health division has locations in Portland,…...
Negotiations threaten Premera coverage for over 100 K Multi Care patients in Washington
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (656+ words) Starting in June, Washingtonians on Premera Blue Cross insurance may no longer pay in-network rates at Multi Care hospitals and clinics, if the insurer and healthcare organization can't agree on reimbursements. The situation is the latest symptom of fragility in…...
States eye aid to prop up distressed hospitals amid federal Medicaid cuts
2+ mon, 2+ day ago (904+ words) LOS ANGELES " At Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital, patients on gurneys line the hallways of the emergency department waiting for care, and overflow mental health patients are consigned to outdoor tents. And MLK Community Healthcare, which comprises the hospital…...
OHSU financial strategy undermines ED care, nurses say
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (1493+ words) Two years after Oregon Health & Science University leaders laid off hundreds of employees and announced a'strategic alignment" to curb losses and focus on providingprofitable types of complex care, the strategy is succeeding " boosting the institution into the black for the…...