Core and Group Health

Health insurers and medical providers are battling over who should supply high-cost infusion drugs for patients, while some insurers are bypassing hospital pharmacies and physician offices and instead sending more complex drugs through third-party pharmacies.

A recent Pennsylvania ruling striking down Tower Health's tax-exempt status sent a warning shot to the roughly 3,000 nongovernment tax-exempt hospitals nationwide, as states consider legislation to better define charity care.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Department of Health and Human Services and the Treasury Department are seeking patient input to bolster efforts to safeguard consumers from medical debt and collections.

The ability for health care providers to capture clinical findings, make diagnoses, and quickly align with the most effective evidence-based directives – through mountains of data – delivers an optimal care plan and manages costs.

New report seeks to dispel myths and uphold HRAs as an employee-empowerment tool to choose health care coverage.

On Monday, the health care giant reported that hackers stole personal information, including patient names and dates of birth, and posted it on a data breach forum.