Insurance

Hospitals Bob Herman

STAT Plus: Hospitals gear up to expand market power, raise prices in 2023

First Opinion Nick Hayes

For addiction treatment, longer is better. But insurance companies usually cut it short

Insurance Bob Herman

STAT Plus: Oscar Health’s CEO on post-hype health insurance and finally turning a profit

Insurance Tara Bannow

STAT Plus: Insurers hint at suing Biden administration over plans for Medicare Advantage audits

Business Tara Bannow

STAT Plus: Study finds heavier reliance on nurse practitioners, physician assistants after private equity takeovers

Insurance Tara Bannow

STAT Plus: With VillageMD investment, Cigna bets on value-based care for a younger, healthier crowd

Politics STAT Staff

STAT Plus: Health and science are on the ballot this election. Here’s what we’re watching

Insurance Katheryn Houghton — KHN

Montana may be moving away from its innovative plan for setting hospital prices for public workers

Politics Rachel Cohrs

STAT Plus: Republican ideas to reform Medicare could rile health care industry

Insurance Bob Herman

Medicare is going to cap patients’ spending on drugs. But there’s no such limit for hospital or doctor bills

Exclusive Mario Aguilar

STAT Plus: Large insurer’s decision to cover some prescription digital therapies may be a milestone for app makers

Insurance Bob Herman

STAT Plus: Justice Department sues Cigna for allegedly exaggerating conditions of Medicare Advantage members

Insurance Bob Herman

STAT Plus: Bright exits ACA health insurance marketplaces to stay afloat

Health Tech Mohana Ravindranath

STAT Plus: Health plans say texting could help reach underserved patients. But a federal rule is getting in their way

Exclusive Rachel Cohrs

STAT Plus: Medicare tasks a senior adviser with staffing its new drug pricing division

Insurance Bob Herman

STAT Plus: Errors have plagued insurance directories of doctors. The government wants to clean them up with its own

Politics Bob Herman

STAT Plus: Get a Ph.D. in health policy — from a single Powerpoint slide

First Opinion Elise Amez-Droz and Phillip Phan

Better use of health savings accounts: lessons from Singapore

Health Care Inc. Bob Herman

Medicare Advantage boosterism, providers’ surprise billing savior in Texas, and a health insurance firewall

Insurance Bob Herman

STAT Plus: Health insurers are painting a misleading picture of Medicare Advantage savings, experts say

Health Care Inc. Bob Herman

STAT Plus: A teaching hospital payout, Humana flirts with Wall Street, and new dialysis incentives

Insurance Bob Herman

STAT Plus: Humana appeases Wall Street with big projections of Medicare Advantage growth

Insurance Bob Herman

STAT Plus: Home Depot, other employers appeal Blue Cross Blue Shield antitrust settlement

Insurance Tara Bannow

STAT Plus: UnitedHealth signs a deal with Walmart for a new Medicare Advantage plan

Insurance Bob Herman

Judge invalidates parts of the ACA that mandate health coverage of many preventive services and drugs