The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Monday that hospitals are not permitted to go after payments owed to a patient if they accept payments from the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS), the state's Medicaid program.
Sections of state law have previously authorized hospitals to impose liens on patients when AHCCCS...Arizona News
Two studies highlight the role of health plans in driving up out-of-pocket prescription drug costs for 2019 individual Affordable Care Act (ACA) exchange enrollees, while insurers continue to file lawsuits against the federal government for unpaid cost-sharing reduction payments (CSRs).
Multiple insurers filed status reports in...Arizona News
Provide a self-pay pricing tool to uninsured, low-income patients and make it work.
“Copa Care” was created. Self-pay prices to be posted on its website for the 10 most frequently requested inpatient and outpatient procedures. The policy was fully implemented in March 2013, making MIHS the first system in Arizona to post their...