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STAT+: How a major hospital shows just how inflated hospital list prices are

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Hospitals’ list prices for surgeries, therapies, and other procedures always come with massive discounts. Financial documents at a prominent hospital system in Los Angeles show just how large those discounts are — and how raw of a deal uninsured patients could be getting. 30, according to new financial documents.

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Opinion: The best way to convince healthy people to get insurance is not ‘because it’s in your financial interest’

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1  start to the annual open enrollment period, the advertising engines for state health insurance marketplaces, and the federal exchange,  healthcare.gov , have been revving up. The woes of the uninsured are well-documented. ’Tis the season — open enrollment season, that is. Since before the Nov.

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STAT+: Steward Health Care has deal to sell doctor network to UnitedHealth

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Troubled hospital operator Steward Health Care, grappling with a financial crisis that’s engulfed its eight Massachusetts hospitals, has moved to shore up its finances by striking a deal to sell its nationwide physician network to insurance giant UnitedHealth’s Optum Care unit.

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MRI costs: What you’ll pay with and without insurance

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To fix this issue, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) introduced a new hospital price transparency rule that went into effect on January 1, 2021. The ruling requires hospitals to publish their pricing in a consumer-friendly format. How much does an MRI cost without insurance?

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Opinion: Let’s leverage graduate medical education to increase Medicaid re-enrollment

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Lately, we’ve seen two distinct lines at our hospitals. Mothers, children, and the disabled clutch passels of documents along the sidewalk. They wait to reauthorize their Medicaid insurance. We would all be healthier if we brought the two lines together. The first line forms every morning before the building opens.

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STAT+: UnitedHealth discontinues a controversial brand amid scrutiny of algorithmic care denials

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The move also encapsulates how UnitedHealth is pushing to control every piece of patient care outside of the hospital and distancing itself from the aspects that have generated controversy. However, Optum advised employees that “Home & Community Care should not be directly next to the Optum logo” in marketing materials.

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How to get Ozempic prescribed for weight loss

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“Semaglutide does not just reduce weight and control sugars, it has also been shown to reduce major adverse cardiovascular events, stroke risk, heart failure symptoms and hospitalization, and progression to dialysis in patients with diabetes.” Does insurance cover Ozempic for weight loss? mg weekly.”

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