With fewer claims to pay out, some health insurers are using their improved balance sheets to help struggling providers secure loans, pay claims earlier and, in some cases, underwrite patients’ outstanding bills. Many doctors, clinics and hospitals have suffered financially during the coronavirus pandemic because lucrative elective surgeries have been delayed and demand for nonemergency… Continue reading Some Insurers Flex Balance Sheets to Help Hospitals, Doctors Amid Pandemic
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Trump Administration Weighs Publicizing Rates Hospitals and Doctors Negotiate with Insurers
The Trump administration is sounding out the medical industry on requiring hospitals, doctors and other health care providers to publicly disclose the secretly negotiated prices they charge insurance companies for services, a move that would expose for the first time the actual cost of care. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is seeking… Continue reading Trump Administration Weighs Publicizing Rates Hospitals and Doctors Negotiate with Insurers