"Affordability challenges are taking a real toll, not only on the financial health of patients but their physical and mental health as well," said Tom Policelli, CEO, HPS/PayMedix.

Innovative health care models took center stage before the House of Representatives as an advocacy organization presented its case for shifting away from fee-based medical care as a way to improve health care and lower costs.

AHA led by underscoring the industry's positive responses to the transparency demands.

The introduction of a Medicare X public option would affect provider payment rates for 12.3% of the population, or 41.8 million people.

Mental health and substance use disorders have reached epidemic levels, and psychiatric-mental health nurses can help fill critical gaps in the health care system, says a new report.

The 2020 law, which allows for price transparency in medical billing, has been largely successful in protecting consumers, though gaps remain, say stakeholders.

Doctors were confronted by new and often hard-to-diagnose symptoms, and insurers took longer to process claims related to post-COVID conditions.

Employees often do not know the range of resources available to them in their benefits packages, and are often unaware of counseling included in the company's employee assistance program, according to a TELUS survey.