Wikipedia -WSS

Wikipedia

author：Wikipedia 2025-10-02 14:39:12 - browse：2

Crowd of people in the formation of a dollar sign -- health policy coverage from STAT — The finance chief of the country’s largest private psychiatric hospital operator, UHS, made a blunt statement today: The company admits patients based on whose insurance pays more. Adobe

The country’s largest private psychiatric hospital operator cherry-picks patients whose insurance will pay more, its finance chief said on an earnings call Wednesday.

It’s no secret that such hospitals, especially when run by for-profit companies, base admission decisions on how much they’ll get paid, but it’s rare to hear the practice described so bluntly. The comments came from Steve Filton, the chief financial officer of investor-owned Universal Health Services, a company that runs more than 300 behavioral health hospitals nationwide that handled just shy of 120,000 admissions in the three months that ended June 30.

UHS has been “simply admitting patients whose insurance will pay us more,” Filton said on the company’s second quarter earnings call. “In an environment where we can only treat a limited number of patients, we can be more selective about who we treat and the fairness of what we think we’re being paid.”

Unlock this article by subscribing to STAT+ and enjoy your first 30 days free!

GET STARTED Log In

Previous article： In Memoriam: Notable people who died in 2023
Next article： Racing yachts have close encounter with pod of orcas near Strait of Gibraltar

WSS

White House drug czar issues call for 'recovery

NIH chief: government has fallen behind pharma on clinical trials

Ventyx halts psoriasis drug development after lackluster trial results

Weight loss drugs should be covered by insurers, AMA says

Experimental asthma app from Apple and Anthem shows promise

How the political right came to back psychedelics to treat trauma

explore

Wikipedia

hotspot

Bright Health sells Medicare Advantage business to Molina

Palantir health business leans on meeting customers’ needs

Medicare details structure of new drug price negotiation program

Dozens of Pride flags vandalized at Stonewall monument in NYC, 3rd time this month: Police

Supreme Court strikes down use of affirmative action

What to know about OceanGate, the company behind the missing Titanic submersible

In age of alternative facts, a scholarly course on calling out crap

Why 40% Americans with Parkinson’s don’t see a neurologist

Sports medicine is finally prioritizing gender equality

Palantir health business leans on meeting customers’ needs

knowledge

Beach reads and more: STAT's 2023 summer book list

California’s proposed $25 per hour health care minimum wage

Carbon Health diabetes program, a test of data

Petition to FDA: Get the lead out of consumer hair dyes

Readout Newsletter: Novo Nordisk trial, Verve base editing, etc

New research casts further doubt on a common procedure used with IVF

hotspot

hotspot

entertainment

knowledge