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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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Mark Cuban’s Drug Company Has Entered the Employer Market
Cost Plus is partnering with a pharmacy benefit manager emphasizing transparency.
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Steve Love: Is Expanding Medicaid Wishful Thinking?
As additional states consider expanding insurance to the working poor, DFW hospitals want Texas to do so.
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Texas Employers’ Mission to End Anti-Competitive Healthcare Practices
The Texas Employers for Affordable Healthcare Coalition want to make in impact through legislative advocacy and uniting for negotiation power.
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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas and Southwestern Health Resources Agree to New Contract
An agreement was reached just hours before the contract was set to expire.
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Blue Cross Leader: Southwestern Health Resources Dispute Is ‘Close to the Deadline and We’re Far Apart’
Texas Health Resources and UT Southwestern are asking for a $900 million increase in reimbursements over the next 32 months.
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Contract Dispute: Southwestern Health Resources May Be Out of the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Network in October
The two sides have been negotiating since July 2021 but have yet to reach an agreement.