Maryland regulators are studying whether nonprofit hospitals’ offshore captive insurance companies, subsidiaries that hospitals form to cover their own risks such as malpractice claims, should be subject to the state’s 3% premium tax. The Maryland Insurance Administration held a public…
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Medicaid members in the Bronx will be exempt from new federal work requirements when they take effect Jan. 1 because the county meets the law’s unemployment threshold, the New York State Department of Health said in statements to Becker’s. Under…
The Trump administration has begun sending $500 checks to more than 950,000 people in 30 states it says were overcharged through the ACA’s federal exchange, according to information an administration official shared with Becker’s. Five things to know: 1. The…
Tom Curtin was named executive vice president of Kaiser Permanente’s National Health Plan after serving as its interim leader since May. In the role, effective immediately, Mr. Curtin will lead health plan strategy and operations with a focus on growth,…
Public threats by hospitals or insurers to end network contracts are concentrated in markets where neither side dominates, according to a study published Sept. 23 in Health Affairs. The study, by researchers at Brown University in Providence, R.I., examined 14,918…
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A union health and welfare benefit fund filed a class action antitrust lawsuit Aug. 19 against Columbus-based OhioHealth, alleging the system’s contracts with insurers blocked lower-cost plan designs and inflated what payers paid for care, according to court documents accessed…
Americans spend the most on health insurance in West Virginia and the least in Maryland, according to a WalletHub analysis published July 9. The personal finance company compared the average premiums for a silver health insurance plan with each state’s…
Hospital leaders are getting long-awaited clarity from Congress this week as lawmakers unveil a bipartisan healthcare deal tied to a broader government funding package. The 771-page proposal includes major wins for providers, including a multiyear delay of Medicaid DSH cuts,…
Johns Hopkins HealthCare, the managed care and health services business of Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Medicine, has an opening for a senior business administrator, the health system confirmed to Becker's.
Citing the need to recruit and retain workers, Butler (Pa.) Health System is reducing the cost of healthcare for employees.