Articles by Peter Hunt

Health Care Paradox: Medicare Penalizes Dozens of Hospitals It Also Gives Five Stars

By Jordan Rau, Kaiser Health News, February 8, 2022. . The federal government has penalized 764 hospitals — including more than three dozen it simultaneously rates as among the best in the country — for… Read More

Study Claims Hospitals Charge Double for Specialty Drugs Compared to Pharmacies

Article Summary: A new study conducted by AHIP shows hospitals and doctors’ offices charge patients more for specialty drugs compared to specialty pharmacies. By Robert King, Fierce Healthcare, Feb 17, 2022. Hospitals on average charge… Read More

An $80,000 surprise bill points to a loophole in a new law to protect patients

Article Summary: An insurer refused to pay bills related to the premature birth of the Bull family’s twins because it said their delivery wasn’t an emergency and their stays in the NICU weren’t medically necessary…. Read More

No Surprises Act: Understand Your Rights Against Surprise Medical Bills

The No Surprises Act protects people covered under group and individual health plans from receiving surprise medical bills when they receive most emergency services, non-emergency services from out-of-network providers at in-network facilities, and services from...

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The hidden epidemic: Medical errors are the leading cause of death in the U.S.

I’ve got a friend, I’ll call him George, who, for several months, experienced an intense pain on his side. Turned out to be a kidney stone. George had dealt with them before and passed each… Read More

Medi-Cal Patients Struggle to Fill Prescriptions – ‘Somebody Is Gonna Die’

Article Summary: Problems with California’s new Medicaid prescription drug program is preventing thousands of patients from getting their medications. By Samantha Young, KHN, Feb 09, 2022. A month into its debut, California’s new Medicaid prescription… Read More

Health insurers may be using biased machine learning models.

Article Summary: Researchers have identified potential sources of bias in predictive models for disease onset, likelihood of hospitalization and medication adherence. By Rebecca Torrence, Fierce Healthcare, Feb 08, 2022. Machine learning has numerous potential applications… Read More