By Noam N. Levey | KFF Health News ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Jolynn Mungenast spends her days looking for ways to help people pay their hospital bills. Working out of a warehouse-like building in a scruffy corner of this former industrial…
Private equity investments into healthcare services plummeted in the first quarter, according to analysts who follow deals. The market data research firm PitchBook analysis found just 158 deals in Q1, down almost a third from the fourth quarter of last year. Driving…
General liability and excess casualty insurance policies may see premiums accelerate upward in the remaining months of 2024. That’s the broad consensus from insurance carriers’ Q1 earnings calls. What’s new: P&C executives were open about the potential for general liability…
By Phil Galewitz | KFF Health News HOUSTON — Patients admitted to Houston Methodist Hospital get a monitoring device about the size of a half-dollar affixed to their chest — and an unwitting role in the expanding use of artificial…
The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) reported 880,418 cyber incidents in 2023, resulting in a record $12.5 billion in losses. Healthcare saw the highest number of compromises by industry, with 809 as tracked by the Identity Theft Resource Centers (ITRC). The big…
