Under a new federal rule, health insurers and employers that offer health plans must provide online calculators for patients to get detailed estimates of what they will owe for a range of services and drugs.
Most states, but not Oregon and Washington, ban the so-called corporate practice of medicine.
Dec 27, 2022
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When billions of dollars in national opioid settlements are divided among states and localities using population-based formulas, what trickles down to hard-hit places can be a trifling sum.
Dec 15, 2022
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Nurses at Legacy Health Good Samaritan Hospital in Portland.
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Employers are tapping into dollars provided through programs they have previously criticized: patient financial assistance initiatives set up by drugmakers.