Chip Kahn News Today

New rule may not protect the largest number of medical professionals

The FTC's noncompete ban may not protect those who work for nonprofit hospitals and facilities, which employ the largest number of health care workers.

Hospitals, doctors and pharmacies are losing up to $1billion per day following the cyber attack on Change Healthcare, a billing agency half of Americas healthcare industry relies on.

A hospital system in Georgia. Two medical groups in San Diego. Another in Louisville, Kentucky, and nearly one-third of Nebraska hospitals.

A hospital system in Georgia. Two medical groups in San Diego. Another in Louisville, Kentucky, and nearly one-third of Nebraska hospitals.

As enrollment soars, so too has friction between insurers and the doctors and hospitals they pay to care for beneficiaries.

Medicare Advantage plans are pretty popular with both lawmakers and ordinary Americans — they now enroll about 31 million people, representing just over half of everyone in Medicare, by KFF’s count. But among doctors and hospitals, it’s a different story. Across the country, provider grumbling about claim denials and onerous preapproval requirements by Advantage plans […]

Some hospitals and physician groups are rejecting Medicare Advantage plans over payment rates and coverage restrictions, causing turmoil for patients.

Some hospitals and physician groups are rejecting Medicare Advantage plans over payment rates and coverage restrictions, causing turmoil for patients.

But opposition from most hospital groups remains fierce