{"id":734789,"date":"2026-06-30T12:21:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T12:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/734789\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T12:21:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T12:21:18","slug":"5-takeaways-from-stats-investigation-of-nutex-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/734789\/","title":{"rendered":"5 takeaways from STAT&#8217;s investigation of Nutex Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nutex Health is a Houston-based microhospital operator whose finances have been transformed by the No Surprises Act\u2019s arbitration process. STAT <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2026\/06\/29\/nutex-health-micro-hospitals-er-loophole-idr-profits\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">took a close look at the company<\/a> and discovered it\u2019s far from a typical hospital operator.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Uninsured patients report being turned away if they don\u2019t pay up front<\/p>\n<p id=\"h-uninsured-patients-report-being-turned-away-if-they-don-t-pay-up-frontseveral-patients-told-stat-they-visited-nutex-s-emergency-rooms-and-were-refused-care-unless-they-paid-up-front-one-of-those-patients-went-to-another-hospital-and-discovered-he-d-suffered-a-heart-attack-nutex-claims-it-screens-all-patients-for-medical-emergencies-and-won-t-turn-anyone-away-who-s-experiencing-one\">Several patients told STAT they visited Nutex\u2019s emergency rooms and were refused care unless they paid up front. One of those patients went to another hospital and discovered he\u2019d suffered a heart attack. Nutex claims it screens all patients for medical emergencies and won\u2019t turn anyone away who\u2019s experiencing one.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Nutex\u2019s profit soared after it started using No Surprises Act arbitration<\/p>\n<p id=\"h-nutex-s-profit-soared-after-it-started-using-no-surprises-act-arbitrationthe-company-teetered-on-the-edge-of-bankruptcy-after-the-no-surprises-act-banned-balance-billing-but-less-than-a-year-after-nutex-began-filing-arbitration-disputes-its-revenue-tripled-and-profit-grew-nearly-twelvefold\">The company teetered on the edge of bankruptcy after the No Surprises Act banned balance billing, but less than a year after Nutex began filing arbitration disputes, its revenue tripled and profit grew nearly twelvefold.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Nutex relies on HaloMD to takes its disputes through arbitration<\/p>\n<p id=\"h-nutex-relies-on-halomd-to-takes-its-disputes-through-arbitrationhalomd-is-a-texas-based-middleman-whose-tactics-are-the-subject-of-multiple-lawsuits-a-stat-investigation-found-that-the-couple-behind-the-company-built-their-wealth-on-profit-sharing-arrangements-with-surgeons-that-sources-described-as-unethical-and-potentially-illegal\">HaloMD is a Texas-based middleman whose tactics are the subject of multiple lawsuits. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2026\/03\/18\/no-surprises-act-loophole-profits-scott-laroque-mpowerhealth-alla-laroque-halomd\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">STAT investigation<\/a> found that the couple behind the company built their wealth on profit-sharing arrangements with surgeons that sources described as unethical and potentially illegal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Nutex investors are suing, government agencies investigating\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"h-nutex-investors-are-suing-government-agencies-investigating-in-multiple-lawsuits-that-are-now-combined-nutex-investors-accuse-the-company-of-hiding-its-partnership-with-halomd-and-say-the-dubious-arrangement-exposes-the-company-to-further-legal-risks-nutex-s-practices-are-being-investigated-by-regulators-in-idaho-and-new-mexico\">In multiple lawsuits that are now combined, Nutex investors accuse the company of hiding its partnership with HaloMD and say the dubious arrangement exposes the company to further legal risks. Nutex\u2019s practices are being investigated by regulators in Idaho and New Mexico.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Patients say they received exorbitant bills\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"h-patients-say-they-received-exorbitant-bills-stat-interviewed-patients-who-had-to-pay-thousands-of-dollars-for-brief-visits-to-nutex-hospitals-and-their-health-insurers-were-charged-even-more-previously-during-the-covid-19-pandemic-patients-said-nutex-billed-their-insurers-between-2-000-and-5-000-for-covid-19-tests-one-family-s-insurance-paid-nutex-21-000-for-five-tests\">STAT interviewed patients who had to pay thousands of dollars for brief visits to Nutex hospitals, and their health insurers were charged even more. Previously, during the Covid-19 pandemic, patients said Nutex billed their insurers between $2,000 and $5,000 for Covid-19 tests. One family\u2019s insurance paid Nutex $21,000 for five tests.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nutex Health is a Houston-based microhospital operator whose finances have been transformed by the No Surprises Act\u2019s arbitration&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":734790,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[1340,97,252,9149,9041,253,9447,1343],"class_list":["post-734789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health-care","tag-congress","tag-health","tag-health-care","tag-health-care-costs","tag-health-insurance","tag-healthcare","tag-hospitals","tag-policy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/734789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=734789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/734789\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/734790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=734789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=734789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=734789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}