The ambulance that responds to a 911 call is often out of the sick or injured person's insurance network. The bills can be ...

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 ...

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 ...