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Politics
Texas Health Insurance Set for Massive Steering and Tiering Shakeup
HB 711 overwhelmingly passed both chambers of the Texas legislature and would allow employers to tier hospitals within a system and steer patients to higher performing centers.
Hospitals
How Much Do Insurance Plans Pay for Childbirth in North Texas?
Coverage rates between plans vary as much as $10,000 for the same procedure at the same hospital.
Insurance & Benefits
The North Texas Ruling Remaking Health Insurance Plans
Advocates are working to make sure insurance plans in Texas can't remove preventive care from employer-sponsored health plans.
Insurance & Benefits
Expert: Beating the Cost Crunch by Rethinking Benefit Plans
As consumers are pressed by rising prices and inflation, innovative technology and pharmaceuticals can help alleviate the problem.
Health Systems
The Texas Bill Hoping to Make Healthcare a Market Again
Wichita Falls Rep. James Frank's HB 711 seeks to eliminate anti-competitive clauses in health insurance contracts.
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Insurance & Benefits
The Employers Hunting for Fraud and Waste in Their Healthcare Spend
The Health Transformation Alliance is partnering with local firm SmartLight Analytics to root out unnecessary healthcare spending.
Insurance & Benefits
Report: Cancer Claims Are Down Since the Pandemic, but the Costs Are Up
But the DFW Business Group on Health has created a toolkit to help address troubling cancer care trends.
Insurance & Benefits
The North Texas Health Insurance President Who Became a Hill Country Chocolatier
Dr. Dan McCoy is a man of many talents. Here is the story of how the physician and insurance executive got into confections.
Pharmaceuticals
Mark Cuban’s Drug Company Has Entered the Employer Market
Cost Plus is partnering with a pharmacy benefit manager emphasizing transparency.
Insurance & Benefits
Steve Love: Is Expanding Medicaid Wishful Thinking?
As additional states consider expanding insurance to the working poor, DFW hospitals want Texas to do so.