By Mallory Sofastaii
Center for Advancing Health Policy through Research
Health Law and Policy News
America’s next big healthcare reform might already be underway
By Rachel Cohen Booth
How the No Surprises Act’s nonprofit arbitrators are operating like ‘mini gods’ and getting rich doing it
By Tara Bannow
Shopping for Your 2027 Medicare Coverage Is Extra Important Now
By Mark Miller
By Alice Tracey
Surprise, you've got medical bills!
By Alexandra Olgin
House Democrat seeks to scrap No Surprises Act’s costly arbitration process
By Tara Bannow
Axios Future of Health Care
By Adriel Bettelheim and Caitlin Owens
Hidden Help: A New Push for Hospitals to Prevent Medical Debt
By Melanie Evans and Dan Gorenstein
‘We are facing a tidal wave’: Thousands of people to lose healthcare coverage in Rhode Island this week
By Luis Hernandez
Mayo Charged Private Insurance over 4 Times More than Medicare for Outpatient Procedures in 2022
By Alyssa Chen
SPH researchers publish new tracker to map private equity involvement in healthcare nationwide
By Brendon Wen
As WakeMed, Atrium deal moves forward, concerns about cost remain
By Harrison Grubb
Hospital-insurer network threats cluster in a ‘Goldilocks zone’: Study
By Kelly Gooch
A private equity-owned hospital chain is becoming a nonprofit. Is it just a bailout for investors?
By Tara Bannow
Hampton Roads Hospitals Post Prices, but Some Rates Remain Hard to Figure Out
By Yiqing Wang
Allina quietly started, then stopped, saving appointment slots for privately insured patients
By Christopher Snowbeck
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
Healthcare price transparency is necessary to improve affordability, Brown scholar tells Congress
By Corrie Pikul
What the new No Surprises Act rule doesn’t fix
By Bridget Early
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.
Oregon’s curb on corporate medicine could face more changes
By Nick Budnick