Billing and Collections

Slow response to "balance billing" problem stinging for consumers blindsided by out-of-network charges.

The reason costs add up for these procedures could have more to do with doctors than patients, JAMA report finds.

While majority of experts testifying Wednesday said the industry is ready, some worry about its impact on physicians.

Senior debt level hits $200 million for the firm as demand for flexible payments among patients grows.

When Healthcare Finance last year asked experts to name the top industry trends, they selected insurance exchanges, mergers and acquisitions, new payment models, and technology. Things don't look much different in 2015.

The bonus boosted pay rates for primary care doctors who saw Medicaid patients to the same level as they are paid by Medicare.

More than a century ago, Alabama enshrined a basic protection in the state's constitution shielding its poorest citizens from being forced to pay debts they couldn't afford. But a public hospital in the mostly rural southeast corner of the state has found a way around the law.

More than $665 million will be distributed to states around the country to test new service and payment models, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said Tuesday.

Consumers shopping on the health insurance marketplaces will find many plans with out-of-pocket spending limits that are lower than the maximums allowed under the health law, according to an analysis by Avalere Health.

National health spending grew 3.6 percent in 2013, the lowest annual increase since the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) began tracking the statistic in 1960, officials said Wednesday.