HCA, Tenet close banner year with record stock highs Both Tenet and HCA continue to deliver some of the strongest returns in the hospital sector. Investors are rewarding operators that pair scale with strategic discipline, whether through divestitures, outpatient growth or targeted acquisitions.

#TenetHealthcare and #HCAHealthcare are both closing out 2025 with record stock highs. #MyOpinion Yet hospitals continue to insist they're not paid enough for good patient care. We now can see where the money went. #MedicalCosts #ProviderGreed

Doctor Tripped Up by $64K Bill for Ankle Surgery and Hospital Stay - KFF Health News A doctor in Colorado became the patient after an accident totaled her car and sent her to the operating room. The hospital kept her overnight, but her insurer stopped paying after she left the…

Hospital bills for a medically unnecessary out-of-network procedure, without asking patient to sign a #consent for it. #HealthInsurance quite reasonably balks at paying. Why is this the carrier's fault? #upcoding #ProviderGreed

4 pharmacists sentenced to prison in $13M fraud scheme "Four pharmacy owners sentenced for $13M Medicare, Medicaid, and Blue Cross Blue Shield fraud scheme. Prison terms range from 2 to 10 years."

The defendants billed #Medicare and other insurers for prescription #medications that were never dispensed. #Fraud #Prescriptions #ProviderGreed #Rx https://buff.ly/4hTPzti

Medical Device Company Tells Hospitals They're No Longer Allowed to Fix Machine That Costs Six Figures Hospitals are increasingly being forced into maintenance contracts with device manufacturers, driving up costs.

The FTC suggested in a report that #MedicalDevice manufacturers sometimes charge two-to-three times what an independent repair tech would charge. #ProviderGreed #Monopolies #MedicalCosts #RightToRepair

Indiana bill seeks to end tax breaks for non-profit hospitals that overcharge patients Proposal comes after the Guardian investigated Parkview, a Fort Wayne-based non-profit chain that charges some of the highest prices in the country

When you look closer at the numbers we see some of our highest-costing #hospitals that are driving this issue are our large #nonprofit hospitals. #ProviderGreed #MedicalCosts #Indiana

Healthcare billing fraud: 10 recent cases Here are 10 healthcare billing fraud cases that Becker's has reported since Dec. 27:

It's not just health insurance carriers. Here's a list of recent #MedicalFraud #BillingFraud #fines and sentences. #ProviderGreed #HealthcareFraud #Healthcare

HCA appeals another AdventHealth CON: 7 things to know HCA Healthcare's Mission Health appeals state's decision to grant AdventHealth 26 acute care beds in Buncombe County, causing delays in hospital expansion.

The appeal claims that the conditional approval of #AdventHealth's application prejudices #MissionHealth by preventing its ability to expand. Well of course it did. #CON #Hospitals #ProviderGreed #NorthCarolina

Removing a Splinter? Treating a Wart? If a Doctor Does It, It Can Be Billed as Surgery - KFF Health News Minor interventions are increasingly being rebranded and billed as surgery, for profit. This means a neurologist spending 40 minutes with a patient to tease out a diagnosis can be paid less for that…

More and more minor interventions have been rebranded and billed as #surgery, for #profit. The #SurpriseBills often catch #patients off guard. #MedicalCosts #upcoding #ProviderGreed #opinion