Contract showdowns between hospital systems and health insurers are happening more often, and patients are caught in the middle. In recent months, disputes over expiring contracts have led to tens of ...

Last winter, Amber Wingler started getting a series of increasingly urgent messages from her local hospital in Columbia, Missouri, letting her know her family's health care might soon be upended. MU ...

Network” specialists only to find out they retired three years ago or never took your insurance in the first place, you ...

Duke and UNC Health remain at odds with a pair of major insurance companies, meaning patients across the Triangle could find themselves out-of-network if an agreement on a contract can’t be reached ...

Patients sometimes find themselves scrambling for affordable care when their insurer and hospital get into a contract dispute. Here are six things... 6 things to know if your doctors are suddenly out ...

About 60,000 UnitedHealthCare customers are now out-of-network at Johns Hopkins Medicine facilities. An agreement between the two expired Monday after they failed to reach a deal regarding how care ...

Health insurer Anthem has announced a new policy that will penalize hospitals for using doctors who aren't part of its network, a move that critics warn could shrink patient options and disrupt care.

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A cancer patient is sounding the alarm about insurance company business dealings that she said put her life and thousands of others at risk. In September, 8 On Your Side was ...

Akron's Summa Health will stop scheduling appointments for people with out-of-network and non-contracted insurance plans, effective Monday, Sept. 1, the health system announced. The change is meant to ...

A Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas individual Marketplace plan will be out-of-network at Texas Health Resources and UT Southwestern beginning in 2026. Carlos Osorio / ASSOCIATED PRESS As Brian Nowlin ...