Big Pharma Resuming U.S. Price Hikes in January After Pause: Reuters Report December 21, 2018 By Michael Erman and Robin Respaut Novartis AG and Bayer AG are among nearly 30 drugmakers that have taken steps to raise the U.S. prices of...
Massachusetts Woman Sues Utility, Town After Child Hurt by Falling Branch September 12, 2018 A Massachusetts woman whose 2-year-old child was injured when a tree branch fell on her SUV has filed a lawsuit...
Don’t Blame Demanding Patients for High Medical Costs: Study February 13, 2015 By Doni Bloomfield New research has found that patients make almost no unreasonable requests for medical treatment, undermining the tendency by doctors to...
Rise in Auto Injury Medical Costs Tops Inflation While Severity Declines March 10, 2014 Medical expenses reported by auto injury claimants continue to rise faster than the rate of inflation, in spite of the...
Texas Workers’ Compensation Health Care Networks Show Improvements October 3, 2013 Workers’ compensation networks certified by the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) continued to show improvements in medical costs, return-to-work outcomes,...
Idaho Religious Groups Could Get Exemptions From Insurance Laws February 28, 2013 Nonprofit religious groups that help members share medical costs are a step closer to being exempted from Idaho insurance laws....
Medical Don’ts: Doctors Identify Unnecessary, Harmful Tests, Treatments February 21, 2013 By Sharon Begley Now there are 135. That’s how many medical tests, treatments and other procedures – many used for decades – physicians...
U.S. Seeks Ways to Reduce Excessive Medical Testing February 17, 2012 By Debra Sherman A leading group of U.S. doctors is trying to tackle the costly problem of excessive medical testing, hoping to avoid...
North Carolina Supreme Court Weighs ‘Reasonableness’ of Hospital Bills February 15, 2012 By Emery P. Dalesio North Carolina’s Supreme Court heard attorneys argue Monday whether consumers should be able to take hospitals to court to justify...
IronHealth Launches New Program to Address Medicare Reporting Requirements October 24, 2011 IronHealth, the specialty healthcare unit of Ironshore Inc., has introduced an insurance program to address the institutional risk exposure created...