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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
Independent Evidence Reviews Overturn Insurer Denials Of Healthcare Coverage
By Joshua P. Cohen
What to watch as hospital CEOs face the Hill
By Megan R. Wilson
When UnitedHealth bought doctor practices, Medicare Advantage spending rose but care stayed the same, study finds
The findings of the working paper offer a behind-the-scenes look at what can happen as major health insurers expand into owning and operating physician practices.
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
1 big thing: The thirst for insurance trustbusting
By Caitlin Owens
Demand for autism care is soaring. The system is struggling to cope
Read the quoted study: Arnold DR, Reddy M, Cantor J, et al. Private Equity in Autism Services. JAMA Pediatr. 2026;180(3):341-343. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2025.5443
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.
Could a hospital sue you? In Virginia, it happened 1 million times
By Ken Alltucker
Will the Allina-Sutter Health deal drive up the cost of health care in Minnesota?
By Christopher Snowbeck
by AHIP
Medicaid autism therapy boom triggers crackdown
By Maya Goldman
Delaware lawmakers try again to cap the state’s excessive hospital costs
By Sarah Mueller
Merchant Cash Advances Surface in Health-Care Bankruptcies
By Angelica Serrano-Roman
Two Very Different States Take Aim at Soaring Hospital Price
But are price controls the answer?
PeaceHealth emergency room deal will test new Oregon law
by Nick Budnick and Joanne Zuhl
How a Die-Hard Libertarian Is Negotiating Lower Health-Care Costs
By Rowan Moore Gerety
A new perk for state workers: free surgery
by Michelle Crouch and Charlotte Ledger
Broward children lack hospital choices. Parents want state to force Florida Blue to negotiate
By Cindy Krischer Goodman
After PBMs, lawmakers start to scrutinize wholesale drug distributors
Analysis by Rebecca Adams
Patients feel strain of Florida Blue fallout with Broward hospitals: ‘Just lunacy’
By Michelle Marchante and Amanda Rosa
RI's health care problems: 3 takeaways from Brown’s health care summit
By Jonny Williams
Leaders gather for an authentic, lively conversation about health care policy in Rhode Island
By Corrie Pikul
Senators raise concerns about TrumpRx in letter to HHS watchdog
By Katie Palmer
Medicare Advantage Insurers Face New Curbs on Overcharges in Trump Plan That Reins in Payments
By Fred Schulte
Trump administration signals there’s widespread desire to curb Medicare Advantage
By Bob Herman
Medicare Proposal Seeks to Limit Insurer Tactic, Extra Payments
By Ganny Belloni
When profit kills: How private equity is eroding health care
by Pamela Ferdinand
‘Like a Timeshare’: Doctors Get Creative as Rents Climb
By Jane Margolies
Should Rhode Island save its failing hospitals?
By Andrew Ryan and Emily Shearer
Marrying for health insurance? The ACA cost crisis forces some drastic choices
By Selena Simmons-Duffin
Private equity firms acquired more than 500 autism centers in past decade, study shows
A new study from researchers at the Brown University School of Public Health highlights a push from private equity investors into autism therapy centers across the nation.
Autism Therapy Centers Targeted By Private Equity In U.S., Study Reveals
By HealthDay
First-in-the-nation Oregon law capping state employee hospital payments is working, study says
by Shaanth Nanguneri
Data on Humana’s clinics looked dismal. Then its corporate research machine got to work
By Casey Ross and Tara Bannow
Oregon’s first-in-nation hospital price cap hasn’t hurt care, finances so far, study finds
By Kristine de Leon
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