Healthcare providers are still assessing the risk of paying through income, even as patient behavior is reshaped by the complexity of billing and cash flow pressures. Unsplash+ For decades, unpaid medical bills have been treated primarily as an income issue. Low-income patients struggled to pay; Higher-income patients generally did not. These assumptions have shaped modern … Read more
Local news The hospital has temporarily closed some services, but inpatient and emergency services remain open. Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital. (Pat Greenhouse/Global Staff) Signature Healthcare and Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital are dealing with a cybersecurity incident that took down parts of their information systems, prompting the hospital to activate incident response protocols. Hospital Announce They … Read more
Video above: KTLA’s coverage of the Kaiser Permanente strike starting Tuesday, October 14, 2025. (KTLA) – The A five-day strike involving tens of thousands of Kaiser Permanente health care workers It’s over, and the union representing the workers says there is now “new momentum” in negotiations. Kaiser said in a statement that the strike ended … Read more
NexStar – A new federal program of $ 50 billion gives the states an opportunity to participate and develop new strategies to transform rural health care throughout the country. The emergency medical service providers in the provinces of the rural state of Texas have some ideas to help face the unique challenges they face every … Read more
(KON)-The Santa Clara provincial attorney office in Santa Clara has announced that the woman who has worked as a security director in NVIDIA and spoke regularly as a fraud expert, who has been accused of submitting 167 cases of fraudulent health care against the Santa Clara technology company. Varaneak Firosan, 47, was accused of submitting … Read more