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Surprise-Billing Rule ‘Puts a Thumb on the Scale’ to Keep Arbitrated Costs in Check
Patients are months away from not having to worry about most surprise medical bills — those extra costs that can amount to hundreds or thousands...
Insurance Focused on Virtual Visits? The Pros and Cons of a New Twist in Health Plans
At the height of the covid-19 pandemic, people often relied on telemedicine for doctor visits. Now, insurers are betting that some patients liked...
Doctors Killing Patients
Two weeks ago, we featured a personal story of mine and related it to Elizabeth Holmes and a Mount Carmel doctor who was found to deliver...
Just as Every cop is a Criminal…
….and all the sinners saints. Yup, I love that Stones song too. Arguably one of the best rock bands ever, The Rolling Stones came from...
Advize Interviews Jared Walker of Dollar For
What's going on with Jared and Dollar For? Advize's own Eric Rubenstein (Retro Fraud, Coffee Compliance & Chuckleheads) catches up with Jared...
Nothing But Net – 18 Former NBA Players Arrested in Alleged Healthcare Fraud Scheme
More than a dozen former NBA players have been charged in New York federal court in an alleged multi-million-dollar health insurance fraud scheme to rip off the league’s benefit plan
Major Insurers Running Billions of Dollars Behind on Payments to Hospitals and Doctors
Anthem Blue Cross, the country’s second-biggest health insurance company, is behind on billions of dollars in payments owed to hospitals and...
Drugmakers Pay Millions to Cherokee Nation in Opioid Settlement
Close to 500,000 people are dead because of opioid overdoses in the USA from 1999 to 2019, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and...
My Covid Test Was Free, Wasn’t Yours?
We are obsessed with the cost of healthcare and the many disparities between the same service costing different amounts. The wannabe...
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