“Exorbitant” OOP costs for ultrasounds and MRIs may be keeping women from undergoing these follow-up exams, or forcing them to make “significant financial sacrifices,” notes Susan G. Komen. 

One physician criticized UHC's effort to reduce the burden of prior authorization, calling it a "good PR project." 

Toronto venture capital firm iGan Partners and 67-hospital Advocate Health led the Series A financing round with participation from other investors. 

The Fort Collins, Colorado, company is purchasing all shares of Laitek Inc., a major provider of medical imaging data migration and routing services in the U.S. 

The healthcare sector continues to face “financial headwinds,” with several “distress drivers” pushing providers toward Chapter 11. 

Such organizations often lack the required IT infrastructure, population health expertise and relationships to navigate value-based care models. 

About 17% of healthcare consumers were aware of one health system's estimator tool, but 0% had used it, according to new survey data. 

“This instability is putting in jeopardy our collective ability to meet the core objective of the No Surprises Act: to protect patients," ACR and others wrote recently.