PeaceHealth’s Oregon hospitals, providers may be dropped from PacificSource network
PeaceHealth operates three Oregon hospitals, including the 347-bed Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend in Springfield, ...
Oz pledges to fight health care fraud but makes no commitments on Medicaid funding cuts
Oz has hawked everything from supplements to private health insurance on “The Dr. Oz Show,” which ran for 13 seasons and helped him amass a fortune.
Dr. Oz makes his pitch to oversee America's health insurance programs
Oz has hawked everything from supplements to private health insurance on “The Dr. Oz Show,” which ran for 13 seasons and ...
How to Pick a Medigap Plan
A Medigap plan, also known as a Medicare supplement plan, picks up the slack for health care expenses not covered by original Medicare, such as co-payments, deductibles and coinsurance. Read on to ...
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How Affordable Is Job-Based Health Coverage for Workers?
The costs of job-based insurance paid by employees can pose a considerable financial burden, particularly for households with ...
Senate approves bill changing state's approach to employee health care premiums
Amid rising health care costs, the Senate voted Tuesday to approve a bill revising New Mexico's insurance plan for more than 36,000 state and judicial branch employees. The bill, Senate Bill 376, ...
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‘Not sustainable’: OHSU, UnitedHealthcare near end of contract amid ongoing negotiations
In a statement, a spokesperson for the insurer claimed the hospital system’s proposal to increase commercial plans by 36% and Medicare Advantage plans by 15% within the next two years “is not ...
UnitedHealthcare insurance customers may soon find OHSU out-of-network
About 74,000 OHSU patients enrolled in UnitedHealthcare employer-sponsored and Medicare Advantage health plans would be ...
Democratic bill cutting reimbursement rates for Colorado's urban hospitals sparks debate, backlash
House Bill 1174, which targets urban hospitals, aims to cap their reimbursement rates. The bill's savings will fund state ...
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Colorado has a plan to save $65 million a year. Hospitals say it could drive them to close
Gov. Jared Polis and Democratic lawmakers want to cap state insurance payments to hospitals, but providers say they're ...
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Medicaid funding bill easily passes Oregon House
A bill that would raise billions in federal dollars for Oregon’ s Medicaid program and allocate a substantial portion back to hospitals passed in the Oregon House of Representatives on Thursday. It ...
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6 Republicans join Democrats, pass Medicaid funding bill in Oregon House
A bill that would raise billions in federal dollars for Oregon’ s Medicaid program and allocate a substantial portion back to hospitals passed in the Oregon House of Representatives Thursday. It ...