Healthcare

Hurdles in Healthcare: Navigating Insurance Approvals

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A doctor wearing a white coat is sitting at a desk writing a prescription with a prescription bottle in the other hand.

Athos Bousvaros, MD, is working to make the insurance approval process for patient prescriptions easier for doctors and families. (Adobe Stock/Illustration: David Chrisom, Boston Children’s Hospital) If you’ve ever had problems with your patients’ insurance company when it came to getting the prescription, you’re not alone. For patients with chronic conditions, including inflammatory bowel disease … Read more

Healthcare Costs in New Jersey: Hidden Fees Hit Consumers

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The seal of New Jersey on the floor of the newly renovated Statehouse rotunda in Trenton on Wednesday, March 22, 2023.

Governor Phil Murphy recently signed into law a new transparency law that prevents Garden State businesses from profiting from credit card surcharges added to bills. We all hate paying that little extra that some restaurants and retailers add to our bills when we pay with Visa, Mastercard or American Express, and this law will help … Read more