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"Hospitals have full discretion to set their chargemaster prices, which, on average, are more than four times the actual cost of care delivery," the Health Affairs study says.
Pfizer's CEO was the first major pharmaceutical company leader to add his name to the open letter, written after a Texas federal judge banned the use of the FDA-approved abortion pill mifepristone.
Retirement planning poses a particularly difficult challenge for gig workers even though the tools and intelligence are there in the financial services industry to put such a plan in place, according to a new report.
Nearly every U.S. hospital shared data with third-party trackers in 2021 and "some significant portion of these are including protected health information," according to a new Health Affairs study.
The Telehealth Expansion Act would make permanent a waiver created by the CARES Act to allow workers with HSAs to access telehealth services without first having to meet their deductible.
Following its decision to pull out of the world's largest climate-finance alliance, the investment firm is being targeted by a new TV ad, aimed directly at its customers with the message: "If it's bad for the environment, it's bad for your retirement."
In finalizing its payment policies, CMS has bumped up payments to Medicare Advantage plans to 3.3% in 2024, slightly above the 1% raise that it proposed.