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HealthNet fined $1M for non-disclosure of cancellation bonuses

November 16, 2007 — 7:59am ET
Following disclosures forced by a lawsuit, HealthNet has been fined $1 million by the state's Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) for failing to admit that it did indeed have plans in place... Read more...

Study: Percent of ED charges paid is decreasing

November 12, 2007 — 7:59am ET
With hospital emergency departments already taxed enough, the following isn't reassuring. A new study concludes that the proportion of outpatient ED charges paid by both government and private... Read more...

Avoidable hospitalizations puzzle health leaders in D.C.

October 26, 2007 — 6:59am ET
Officials in D.C. are troubled by a newly-documented rise in avoidable hospitalizations among children and adults, a trend which cuts across both insured and uninsured patients. Statistics released... Read more...

CA reform bill backs off doctor tax

October 10, 2007 — 6:59am ET
All signs seem to suggest that California is poised to move ahead with substantial health system reforms, some of which hit providers in the pocketbook. However, the role of doctors in the proposed... Read more...

Mandated coverage: A smart idea?

September 21, 2007 — 6:59am ET
Following the high-profile lead of Massachusetts, states like California are considering legislation requiring that citizens have health coverage. And in theory, that's good for providers, who... Read more...

ALSO NOTED: Tenet loses CMO; CT medical malpractice premiums drop; and much more...

September 13, 2007 — 6:59am ET
> Tenet's chief medical officer has announced that she's leaving to take a similar position at Partners Community Healthcare in Boston. Read more...

SPOTLIGHT: Creating a 'Medical Security System'

August 30, 2007 — 6:59am ET
Even patients who have decent health insurance can still lose their job, hit plan coverage limits, face exclusions which prevent them getting coverage for special needs and more. In other words,... Read more...

Primary care MDs ask patients for extra dollars

August 3, 2007 — 6:59am ET
Struggling to pay even their basic expenses, primary care doctors are increasingly asking patients for an annual fee in addition to co-payments on insured services. This isn't a high-touch concierge... Read more...

Study: Uninsured cancer patients diagnosed later

June 11, 2007 — 8:01pm ET

Even when other factors like age and gender are factored out, it seems that under- and uninsured patients with cancer are likely to be diagnosed at a later stage in their disease than patients with private insurance, according to a new pair of studies published in the journal Cancer. The studies, which looked at the breast cancer and oral cancer, found that the availability and type of health insurance could predict the severity of the illness at the point when it was diagnosed. …

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ALSO NOTED: NH hospitals shift $345M to private plans; Cigna pays for "e-visits"; and much more...

April 10, 2007 — 8:01pm ET

> New Hampshire hospitals shifted $345 million onto privately insured patients in 2005, according to a new report. Article

> Cigna HealthCare for Seniors has agreed to reimburse doctors for Web-based "e-visits" and online health services. Article

> Autism diagnoses are on the rise. Now a …

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