News and Press Releases | Ballad Health
Nov 1, 2024 · View all news releases about Ballad Health’s medical and community services throughout Northeast TN and Southwest VA.
Tennessee tries to rein in Ballad Health’s hospital monopoly after ...
Sep 18, 2024 · After years of complaints from patients and their families, Ballad Health, the state-sanctioned hospital monopoly providing care for patients in a 29-county region of Tennessee, Kentucky,...
Ballad Health hospitals failing on quality and charity care promises
Sep 29, 2023 · Ballad Health hospitals, the only option in the region, fell short on quality and charity obligations - yet they're suing thousands for unpaid bills.
Tennessee Tries To Rein In Ballad’s Hospital Monopoly After Years …
Sep 18, 2024 · Tennessee has proposed increasing the share of Ballad’s annual score that is attributable to real-world quality of care from 5% to 40% and no longer giving Ballad any points for merely reporting quality statistics.
Tenn. Attorney General urges look at Ballad Health amid …
Nov 6, 2023 · Tennessee Department of Health documents show Ballad fell short of charity care obligations by $148 million over four years while suing thousands of patients to collect bills, according to the September KFF news report.
Ballad Health working to negotiate deal with Cigna as agreement …
6 days ago · JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — Ballad Health and Cigna are working to finalize negotiations as a New Year’s Eve deadline looms to keep some of the insurance provider’s plans in-network. A ...
Tennessee officials look to hold Ballad Health more accountable
Sep 20, 2024 · Ballad Health, an Appalachian company with the nation’s largest state-sanctioned hospital monopoly, may soon be required to improve its quality of care or face the possibility of being broken up.
After Ballad Health secured hospital monopoly, wait time in ER …
Apr 9, 2024 · Ballad Health, a 20-hospital system in the Tri-Cities region of Tennessee and Virginia, benefits from the largest state-sanctioned hospital monopoly in the United States.
East Tennessee official says Ballad Health issued threat to care …
Oct 13, 2023 · From 2019 to 2022, Ballad fell $148 million short of its charitable obligation and sued thousands of patients in court to collect unpaid bills, according to documents released from the...
Tennessee attorney general urges look at Ballad Health amid …
Nov 6, 2023 · Tennessee Department of Health documents show Ballad fell short of charity care obligations by $148 million over four years while suing thousands of patients to collect bills, according to the...
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