Starting Sept. 1, Summa Health will stop scheduling appointments for non-emergency patients who have out-of-network insurance plans. Exceptions include emergency services and emergency labor and ...

Contract showdowns between hospital systems and health insurers are happening more often, and patients are caught in the middle. In recent months, disputes over expiring contracts have led to tens of ...

Last winter, Amber Wingler started getting a series of increasingly urgent messages from her local hospital in Columbia, Missouri, letting her know her family's health care might soon be upended. MU ...

Indiana lawmakers have passed legislation banning health insurers from penalizing hospitals for using out-of-network providers, a direct rebuke of Elevance Health in its home state. The bill received ...

Elevance Health is ending the year in a battle with hospital and physician groups over the Indianapolis-based health insurer’s planned policy change, effective Jan. 1, that would cut hospital ...

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago's pre-eminent pediatric ...

We analyzed nearly 720 health insurance costs from eight insurers, reviewed complaints, customer satisfaction, metal tiers and the types of plans offered in the marketplace. See our top picks below to ...

Amy Frank said it took 17 hours on the phone over nearly three weeks, bouncing between her insurer and her local hospital system, to make sure her plan would cover her husband's post-surgery care.