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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 ...

Jefferson Health’s Lehigh Valley Health Network will go out of network Monday for members of UnitedHealthcare’s Medicare Advantage plans. That means about more than 20,000 people who get care at LVHN ...

Duke and UNC Health remain at odds with a pair of major insurance companies, meaning patients across the Triangle could find themselves out-of-network if an agreement on a contract can’t be reached ...

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 ...

If you have a health insurance plan, you’ve probably come across the terms “in-network” and “out-of-network.” Simply put, in-network means the doctors or hospitals you visit contract with your ...