Private equity has grown in the U.S. healthcare system, with firms investing in hospitals, physician practices, healthcare real estate and other parts of healthcare organizations.
Healthcare in the United States has long been a major business journalism beat, not least because the sector accounts for almost 20% of the U.S.
UnitedHealth became a household name after the high-profile killing of its CEO Brian Thompson last year. But a team of STAT reporters – Tara Bannow,
While on the surface healthcare and business reporting seem to exist in separate spheres, a deeper look reveals that they overlap and even influence each
The Bartlett & Steele Silver Award in the Global/National Category for 2023 went to “Uncovered,” ProPublica’s three-piece investigation into exploitative practices in the health insurance
A random survey of 3,500 adults released on April 2, 2019 conducted by Gallup and West Health, a nonprofit based in San Diego, has received
As health care cos increase, Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) will be getting a lot more attention. These triple-tax-favored plans allow participants to save, invest and
According to data published by the National Health Statistics Reports in 2014, 12 percent of women aged 15-44 or their husbands or partners have ever
President Obama last week relished his announcement that some 8 million people already have signed up for private health insurance under the Affordable Care Act,
AOL’s about-face on cuts to its 401(k) program raises some other interesting issues regarding employee privacy and employers that self-insure for the medical benefits they
With the target date for implementation of health care marketplaces for individuals looming Oct. 1 – the keystone of the Affordable Care Act –it’ll likely
Stephen Nohlgren of the St. Petersburg Times uses the $1,300 ER bill of a local man who sought treatment for a toothache to explain why
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