Contract showdowns between hospital systems and health insurers are happening more often, and patients are caught in the middle. In recent months, disputes over expiring contracts have led to tens of ...

Last winter, Amber Wingler started getting a series of increasingly urgent messages from her local hospital in Columbia, Missouri, letting her know her family's health care might soon be upended. MU ...

I am having some serious issues with my health-insurance company denying claims. After a prostate-cancer diagnosis last year, I have been seeing a therapist for about a year. I continue to see him ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Akron’s Summa Health will stop scheduling appointments for people with out-of-network and non-contracted insurance plans, effective Monday, Sept. 1, the health system announced. The ...

Amy Frank said it took 17 hours on the phone over nearly three weeks, bouncing between her insurer and her local hospital system, to make sure her plan would cover her husband's post-surgery care.

Senate Bill 189 took aim at a new policy by Indianapolis-based Elevance Health Inc. that cut hospital reimbursement by 10% if an out-of-network clinician was involved with care.

Elevance Health is ending the year in a battle with hospital and physician groups over the Indianapolis-based health insurer’s planned policy change, effective Jan. 1, that would cut hospital ...

When someone dials 911 in a life-threatening emergency, there is no moment of choice. No comparison of networks. No review of benefits. No open-enrollment decision tree. There is only a call for help, ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. UNC Health and Cigna, Duke Health and Aetna remain in contract disputes. Out-of-network care leads to higher patient bills and ...

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