Providers and insurers agree bundled payments for prenatal care, delivery and postpartum care lower costs and boost quality, but squaring away payment terms has proven more tricky.
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Sutter Health not guilty in federal antitrust case
A jury determined that Sutter Health is not guilty of the allegations in a long-running federal antitrust lawsuit against the not-for-profit health system.
Jury sides with Sutter Health in federal antitrust case
Sutter Health was able to convince a jury that it did not engage in anticompetitive practices that drove up healthcare costs for Northern Californians.
Top Sutter Health exec says health system doesn’t have to provide free care to be not-for-profit. She’s right.
A top Sutter Health finance executive said during testimony in a federal trial that her organization is not required to provide free or discounted care, otherwise known as charity care, as a condition of being not-for-profit. Experts say that's true, with caveats.
Feds report $88B in medical debt on credit reports, vow crackdown on abusive practices
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau questions whether medical debts should appear on credit reports at all.