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Berwick wants health plans to help lower costs
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Donald Berwick is asking insurers to help contribute to a health system with lower costs without withholding patient care. Berwick said he
California hospitals overbilled insurers to make up for lost profits, analysis concludes
For months, health insurance companies--Anthem Blue Cross of California, in particular--have blamed the rising cost of healthcare on skyrocketing insurance rates. Now, there's some proof. An analysis
California hospitals overbilled insurers to make up for lost profits, analysis concludes
California hospitals hospitals charged insurers 53 percent more than the cost of services they provided, according to an analysis of financial information from 300 hospitals between September 2008