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Health care practitioners sound the alarm on middlemen-imposed barriers to patient care, need for policy change

PhRMA

Health care practitioners (HCPs), and patients too, are sounding the alarm on unnecessary barriers in the system that can negatively impact patients’ access to quality care according to a new survey of HCPs and patients.

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Opinion: Unnecessary insurance claim denials compromise patient care and provider bottom lines

STAT

 Adding to this budgetary stranglehold are payment delays and insurance claim denials by payers, which compromise patients’ access to health care and providers’ financial viability.

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STAT+: Health care providers form a united front against stricter patient privacy rules

STAT

After yet another record year for health data breaches, updated federal security rules to protect patient information are on the table in 2025. Increased privacy protections, in their view, would impact the financial viability of medical practices — especially small ones — and even timely patient care

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Industry Voices—UnitedHealthcare's Advance Notification program is getting in the way of patient care

Fierce Healthcare

Insurance policies are notoriously known for red tape and processes that burden both doctors and patients. | The time-sensitive GI procedures that UHC is targeting with prior authorization are critical in helping to detect, treat, and monitor a range of diseases that impact millions of Americans.

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STAT+: Physicians take Medicare Advantage to task for rural patients’ care gaps

STAT

In the rural California town where physician Atashi Mandal sees patients, Medicare Advantage is popular among the older residents, many of whom have multiple chronic health conditions. Problem is, there aren’t any in-network providers for several hundred miles.

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Walmart Health inks partnerships with Orlando Health, Florida insurer to streamline care coordination

Fierce Healthcare

Walmart Health is making a move to better coordinate patient care between its health centers in Florida and a major health system. Walmart Health is making a move to better coordinate patient care between its health centers in Florida and a major health system.

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STAT+: Hospitals try a new pitch to investors: other ways of making money

STAT

Morgan Healthcare Conference, it’s that they’ve all but abandoned the prospect of making significant profit on patient care. Instead, they’re fully throwing their weight into other ways of making money — things like developing drugs or selling insurance.

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