A network refers to a collection of health care professionals and facilities that contract with a health insurance company to provide care to the insurer’s plan members at discounted prices. It is ...

Les Masterson is a deputy editor and insurance analyst at Forbes Advisor. He has been a journalist, reporter, editor and content creator for more than 25 years. He has covered insurance for a decade, ...

Should the two sides be unable to reach terms before the Dec. 31 deadline, Baptist Health System said 1.4 million Texas ...

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“Medicare Advantage operates as a for-profit model, and when negotiations fail, patients are the ones caught in the middle,” ...

April 28 (Reuters) - A mental health care provider network that works with the health insurance plan for New York State employees was hit with a federal lawsuit on Monday over claims it misled ...

Lexington Medical Center in South Carolina and its affiliates will no longer be in-network for Cigna health insurance customers beginning on Jan. 1, 2026, the hospital said.

Starting in January, New Yorkers enrolled in a range of low-cost health insurance plans will lose in-network care at Optum Health. The health care provider, one of the largest in the Hudson Valley, ...

PHOENIX– Joseph DeMarco was about to turn 19 when he first showed the signs of a severe mental health condition. By then, his family had already switched insurance plans from TRICARE, a health plan ...

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