Mary Lou Retton In ICU – Has No Health Insurance

Mary Lou Retton ‘fighting for her life’ with rare form of pneumonia, daughter says

By Jack Baer Tue, Oct 10, 2023

Gymnastics: 1984 Summer Olympics: USA Mary Lou Retton victorious with medal after Women's Individual All-Around competition at Pauley Pavilion.
Los Angeles, CA 8/3/1984
CREDIT: Jerry Cooke (Photo by Jerry Cooke /Sports Illustrated via Getty Images)
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Mary Lou Retton started something in American gymnastics that is still going. (Photo by Jerry Cooke /Sports Illustrated via Getty Images) (Jerry Cooke via Getty Images)

Mary Lou Retton, the first American woman to win all-around gymnastics gold at the Olympics, is “fighting for her life” with a serious illness, according to a fundraiser posted by her daughter.

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Vitori Health Announces Acquisition of Flume Health’s TPA Operations

Tue, October 10, 2023

Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 10, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Vitori Health, a national precision-built health plan solution that provides a high-performing alternative for mid-market employers and their employees, announced today its acquisition of Flume Health’s third-party administrator (TPA) operations.

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Lower Rio Grande Hospital Pricing Study Shows Plan Sponsors Getting Screwed

Recently we ran 100% of 12 months of paid hospital claims through several payer systems, both inpatient and outpatient, on a group of 225 employee lives in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas. We used a firm that reprices claims for a number of PPO networks as well as out-of-network claims using Medicare and Medicaid benchmarks.

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