Caregivers Worry About a Lack of Resources for Long-term Care
Adult children discuss the trials of caring for their aging parents: unreliable agencies, a lack of help and dwindling financial resources. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - November 14, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Reed Abelson and Jordan Rau Tags: Elder Care Retirement Communities and Assisted Living Nursing Homes Health Insurance and Managed Care Home Health Care Grandparents Long-Term Care Insurance Families and Family Life your-feed-healthcare Source Type: news
Rwanda: Chemotherapy Could Be Covered By Public Health Insurance in All Treatment Centres
[New Times] It is possible that cancer treatment may be covered by the community-based health insurance, Mutuelle de Santé, making it more affordable for cancer patients, The New Times has learnt. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 14, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Central Africa East Africa Health and Medicine Noncommunicable Diseases Rwanda Source Type: news
How the CPI calculates health insurance costs just changed
Tuesday we’ll get new inflation data with the release of the October consumer price index. It tracks price changes in a representative sample of day-to-day living expenses — everything from housing to food and health insurance. Starting with that report, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which…#stephenjuneau #marketplace #stevereed #bls #matthewfiedler #laurarosnerwarburton #rosnerwarburton (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Longtime health executive to take over as Sharecare CEO
The next Sharecare CEO sees opportunity in government health insurance. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 13, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Rebecca Grapevine Source Type: news
Some 2.2 million poor kids have lost health insurance as Covid-era safeguards lapse, often due to missing paperwork, amid winter 'tripledemic'
'States are not done yet!' said Joan Alker, of the Georgetown Center for Children and Families. 'We're only about one-third of the way through the process.' (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 10, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Cost-effectiveness analysis comparing repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation therapy with antidepressant treatment in patients with treatment-resistant depression in Japan - Noda Y, Miyashita C, Komatsu Y, Kito S, Mimura M.
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) for patients with treatment-resistant depression (TRD) became covered by the National Health Insurance (NHI) in Japan since 2019. Although the evidence of rTMS for TRD is well established, the cost-effect... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 10, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Ethiopia: Ministry Accentuates Health Insurance Expansion Significance
[Ethiopian Herald] - Service reaches out to over 54 mln citizens through health insurance (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 10, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa Ethiopia Health and Medicine Source Type: news
Individual Health Insurance Mandates Are Mandates, Not Taxes
Imagine that you are a healthy 30-year-old young man who has a respectable job, makes a good living, but decides, you know what? I am not going to spend $200 or $300 a month for health insurance because I am healthy, I do not need it. But something terrible happens, suddenly you fall into a coma…#massachusetts #mittromey #obamacare #sebelius #affordablecareact #aca #healthcare #doorone #doortwo (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 9, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
At Least 2 Million Children Have Lost Medicaid Insurance This Year
Many of the children were eligible for federal aid, experts said, but errors have been common as states “unwind” assistance from earlier in the coronavirus pandemic. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - November 9, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Noah Weiland Tags: your-feed-science Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Medicaid Children and Childhood States (US) Poverty Research Federal-State Relations (US) State Children ' s Health Insurance Program (S-CHIP) Medicine and Health Income Centers for Medic Source Type: news
Coping With Anger as a Family Caregiver
Looking after a sick family member can mean putting your own life on hold, often with little recognition or outside support. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - November 9, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Catherine Pearson Tags: Anxiety and Stress Anger (Emotion) Health Insurance and Managed Care Families and Family Life Source Type: news
onDiem launches PPO health insurance for temp dental workers to improve hiring, retention, and production for dental practices
onDiem is now the first nationally-available dental staffing platform to provide temp dental workers with a comprehensive PPO health insurance plan in partnership with UnitedHealthcare ®. This development comes in the midst of a severe labor shortage in dentistry —as the company’s effort to help practices better retain top talent and build more responsive and flexible dental teams. PORTLAND, ORE., November 6, 2023 — onDiem, the country ’s first fully W-2 compliant and nationally-available dental staffing platform, will now also be the first to offer a PPO health ...
Source: Dental Technology Blog - November 7, 2023 Category: Dentistry Source Type: news
CMS: Medicare, Medicaid, and Children's Health Insurance Programs; Provider Enrollment Application Fee Amount for Calendar Year 2024
Notice from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announcing the application fee for providers initially enrolling in the Medicare or Medicaid programs, or the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP); revalidating their Medicare, Medicaid, or CHIP enrollment; or adding a new Medicare practice location. The new fee is $709 and is required for applications submitted January 1, 2024, through December 31, 2024. (Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - November 7, 2023 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
When a Child Is Shot, Trauma Ripples Through Families, Study Finds
Gunshots are the top cause of death for children and teenagers in the U.S. Fatal or not, the wounds reverberate through communities and the health care system. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - November 7, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ellen Barry Tags: Children and Childhood Teenagers and Adolescence Health Insurance and Managed Care Newtown, Conn, Shooting (2012) Murders, Attempted Murders and Homicides Mass Shootings Research Mental Health and Disorders Firearms School Shootings and Source Type: news
A meteoric rise in worker health costs has slowed
Costs for some key health insurance components have slowed for workers in recent years. While the deceleration is a positive trend, many workers likely still find current prices unaffordable, experts said. "Yes, it's slowed," said Carolyn McClanahan, a physician and certified financial planner,…#carolynmcclanahan #lifeplanningpartners #jacksonville #florida #matthewperry #socialsecurity #kff #matthewrae #advisorcouncil #hmo (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Most Wegovy Patients With Insurance Paying Less Than $25/Month Most Wegovy Patients With Insurance Paying Less Than $25/Month
The majority of US patients with health insurance coverage taking Novo Nordisk ' s powerful weight-loss drug Wegovy are paying less than $25 per month, a senior executive said on Thursday.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - November 3, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Diabetes & Endocrinology News Source Type: news
