UnitedHealth Group is again responding to a Wall Street Journal story about billing practices for its Medicare Advantage plan.

In a recent joint statement, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz, MD, announced health insurers have pledged to voluntarily streamline and reduce prior authorization ...

It is our sad duty to inform you of the passing of two senior AMA officeholders, who provided distinguished service to promote the professional ...

Justice Department prosecutors recently interviewed former employees about company practices that boost federal payments.

The investigation, which dates back to at least last summer, concerns alleged efforts to encourage staffers to record certain ...

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The American Hospital Association (AHA) expresses support for legislation, H.R. 3890, the Resident Physician Shortage ...

Skeptics note that efforts to streamline the much-despised prior authorization system have failed twice before.

Now, federal officials say help may be on the way. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that several of the country’s largest insurers have pledged to overhaul the ...