"Requiring prior authorization ... is the practice of medicine," said Rep. Neal Dunn, MD ...

The U.S. health insurance industry relies heavily on private markets, but these markets are highly concentrated and are growing more so over time. In a new analysis, researchers document concentration ...

Like many first-time moms, Nathalia Marin Torres was excited when she found out she was pregnant last August, but she was ...

BOSTON (SHNS) – Commercial insurers denied roughly one out of every five claims submitted in 2024, with administrative issues driving a large chunk of those blocked coverage requests, according to a ...

Health insurance companies love to save money. But the calculations for what’s cheapest don’t always look the way you’d expect. Insurers will sometimes choose to cover a significantly more expensive ...

Commercial insurers denied roughly one out of every five claims submitted in 2024, with administrative issues driving a large chunk of those blocked coverage requests, according to a new analysis from ...

Albany lawmakers are turning up the heat on health insurers, pushing them to steer more of their budgets into primary care. Their argument is simple: starving family medicine, beh ...

Los Angeles attorney Ryan Clarkson says some of the country’s biggest health insurers are quietly leaning on artificial ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In mid-December, President Donald Trump — fresh off a deal that saw nine more major pharmaceutical companies promise to lower drug ...

America’s hospitals and health systems are deeply committed to providing high quality, accessible and affordable care, AHA ...

Vertical integration is likely to reduce patient choice, restrict doctors’ referrals and prescriptions, and increase costs in the long term, critics say.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BOSTON (SHNS) – Commercial insurers denied roughly one out of every five claims submitted in 2024, with administrative issues ...