Hospital Billing Never Ends
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Unpredictable hospital billing can lead to financial anxiety about the prospect of dealing with insurance companies even before a surgery has happened.
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The credit card contender continues to toil in obscurity.
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The ethical codes that guide doctorsÂ behavior never discuss when they should not give out money.
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Joseph Glazier has seen the cost of his phone service double this year and his utility bills could do the same. He cannot ride the bus for free anymore. Subsidized prescriptions for his ailing eyes and ears have long since stopped.
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Facing cutthroat competition, escalating expenses, and declining revenues, some of the region&#39;s hospitals are trying to boost their bottom lines by offering
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An end-of-the year push in Congress to stave off a 10 percent cut in the fees Medicare pays doctors has revived political interest in another thorny issue: whether physicians should be able to own the hospitals they send their patients to.
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It's a new way to push for patient safety: Don't pay hospitals when they commit certain errors. Medicare will start hitting hospitals where it hurts in October, and other insurers are hot on the trail.
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At some point in life every American enters through the doors of a hospital. Health care is a connection that can&#39;t be avoided which makes it a crucial issue in the presidential campaign.
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The tug-of-war between labor and corporations on healthcare options continues to escalate.
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Cell phone customers increasingly complain--and sue--over mysterious, hard-to-cancel charges on their monthly bills.
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Patients who want to see a GP in the evening should face a charge, some family doctors say.
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Nearly one in four consumers has had a legitimate claim denied by a health insurer. In the new consumer health feature Empowered Patient, CNN's Elizabeth Cohen shares advice on what to do when your insurance company says "no."
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By Joan Kent, La Crosse Tribune, Wis.  Feb. 20--Phil Weissenberger hasn't gotten the bill yet, but he knows he's  not going to like it.   The owner of Affordable Repair Service, 1303 S.
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Three amendments on malpractice suits and patient safety passed, but doctors and lawyers remain at odds. By LISA GREENE, Times Staff Writer.
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Rivals CVS and Rite Aid have a bitter pill to swallow as Walgreen stays strong.
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A chill is in the air for hospitals accustomed to having insurers pay ever higher prices for hospital services. That era appears to be ending.
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An attorney has sued two of North Carolina&#39;s largest hospitals, saying that they are gouging patients who make too much money to qualify for charity care but don&#39;t make enough to afford health insurance.