By Harrison Grubb
Center for Advancing Health Policy through Research
Health Law and Policy News
A private equity-owned hospital chain is becoming a nonprofit. Is it just a bailout for investors?
By Tara Bannow
Hospital-insurer network threats cluster in a ‘Goldilocks zone’: Study
By Kelly Gooch
Private equity is cashing in on autism therapy. Children are paying the price.
By Beth Hawkins & Nicholas Perez
Your health insurer may already own your doctor’s office
by Damilola Esebame
Behind the growing power of No Surprises Act arbitrators
by Noah Tong
10 key questions about the proposed WakeMed-Atrium deal
By Michelle Crouch
The Doctor Is Out: Private Equity Clinic Closures Led to Gap in Some Patients’ Care
By Ike Swetlitz
AI is now deciding who gets healthcare in 6 US states – and it's already harming patients
By Tom Knowles
The Rise of Telehealth 'Pill Mills'
by Alana Semuels
Providers notch No Surprises Act legal win that could boost their pay
By Tara Bannow
How hospital monopolies are driving up the cost of your health care
By Peter Whoriskey
Your health care bill is incomprehensible. Congress is stepping in.
By Simon J. Levien
Telemedicine company touted by Novo Nordisk stressed profits over patient safety, ex-workers say
By Elaine Chen
Oregon Grapevine: Medicine and the Law
by Barbara Dellenback
Health Care Inc.
by Bob Herman
Lawmakers Target the Power of Health Insurance Giants
by Reed Abelson and Rebecca Robbins
Opponents urge Wake commissioners to block WakeMed merger with Atrium Health
By Richard Stradling
Opponents warn WakeMed-Atrium merger could raise costs, reduce local control
by Flynn Snyder
Advocacy Groups Speak Out Against WakeMed’s Proposed Merger with Atrium
by Regan Butler
by Alex Olgin
Hospital price caps gain momentum across states
by Alan Condon
Medicare Advantage Company Pays $342M to Government in Midst of Billing Probe
By Fred Schulte
Democrats To Propose Bill Capping Out-of-Pocket Medicare Costs for Enrollees
By Julie Appleby
Brown scholar offers Congress actionable solutions for Medicare Advantage overpayment issues
By Corrie Pikul
Tennessee Pharmacy Law Aims to Avoid Arkansas’ Fate
by Lauren Clason
The Primary Care Crisis: Why many Americans can’t find a doctor and what to do about it.
By Kate Rope
Indiana Takes On Powerful Hospitals by Capping Prices They Charge Employers
By Phil Galewitz and Samantha Liss
What the new No Surprises Act rule doesn’t fix
By Bridget Early
Healthcare price transparency is necessary to improve affordability, Brown scholar tells Congress
By Corrie Pikul
By Katie Palmer
Short Naps, Long Hours: How Autism Clinics Squeeze Medicaid Dollars Out of Preschoolers
by Sarah Kliff and Margot Sanger-Katz
Private equity acquisition can expand primary care use by expanding workforce, study finds
Brown University researchers used Medicare claims to track results of primary care practices after private equity firms acquired them, revealing surprising findings.
Frustration in Surprise Billing Cases Ups Pressure for Overhaul
by Lauren Clason
Study finds payments to Medicare Advantage brokers potentially reached $10 billion annually
The analysis by Brown University researchers offers a rare behind-the-scenes look at the Medicare Advantage insurance broker market, drawing on data obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request.
New State Laws to Bar Private Equity From Medicine Start to Show Their Teeth
by Chris Cumming
Oregon’s curb on corporate medicine could face more changes
By Nick Budnick
Oregon Emergency Physicians Claim Win Against For-Profit Replacements
by Shannon Firth
Oregon hospitals won’t outsource to national physician chain after all
By Tara Bannow
What to watch as hospital CEOs face the Hill
By Megan R. Wilson
HaloMD’s legal win highlights the difficulty of challenging arbitration decisions
By Tara Bannow
DOJ increasingly investigating health systems, claiming anticompetitive contracts
By Maia Anderson
More insurance claims denials are being overturned upon appeal, study finds
By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn
More insurer denials are being overturned
Part of the Axios Vitals Newsletter Maya Goldman, Tina Reed, and Peter Sullivan
Huge Rates of Insurance Denials Get Overturned by Independent Review Experts
by Cheryl Clark
As Delaware debates primary care reform, a similar Oregon law offers insight
by Nick Stonesifer
The Uncertain Impact Of Medicare Advantage Scrutiny
By Yeji Jesse Lee
Jada Owens: Pivot to policy
After witnessing stark racial disparities in Alzheimer’s care, Jada Owens pivoted from medicine to policy. The Brown Health Equity Scholar is headed to D.C. for a one-year Winston Fellowship to help shape the future of U.S. health care.
Will the Allina-Sutter Health deal drive up the cost of health care in Minnesota?
By Christopher Snowbeck
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