Legacy Health may soon be ‘out of network’ for patients insured by Regence
Legacy Health patients who are insured by Regence Blue Cross Blue Shield may lose insurance coverage for that healthcare system starting Monday. Regence Blue Cross Blue Shield customers could soon be considered ‘out of network’ at Legacy Health Systems. That means patients will either have to pay…#legacyhealthsystems #health #merrinpermut #legacy (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Medicare Advantage — or Disadvantage?
One always knows nowadays when it is fall. Not only because the weather cools, or the leaves change, or Thanksgiving is coming, but because this is now the season when insurance companies bombard older adults with offers to reconsider our Medicare health insurance coverage. (Source: Caring for the Ages)
Source: Caring for the Ages - April 1, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: Jerald Winakur Tags: MEDITATIONS ON GERIATRIC MEDICINE Source Type: news
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Source: Reuters: Health - March 31, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Here's How Much Realty Income Stock You'd Need to Buy to Earn $100 in Passive Income Every Month
The best part about owning dividend stocks is that you can think of your expenses in terms of how many shares you need to cover a certain expense. For example, suppose you pay $100 per month for car insurance. You might ask, How many shares of a monthly dividend stock like Realty Income (NYSE: O)…#realtyincome #ffo #reit #ustreasury #treasury #justinpope #motleyfool #passiveincome (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 31, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Prudential sees windfall from Hong Kong ’s cash-for-residency scheme, Greater Bay Area opportunities, CEO says
The scheme allows wealthy individuals and their families to gain fast-track residency when they make investments of at least HK$30 million (US$3.8 million) in Hong Kong-listed stocks, bonds, deposits, funds, investment-linked insurance policies or non-residential properties. Like peers Manulife…#hongkong #manulife #aia #hsbc #bankofchina #prudential #cies #hongkongs #prudentialhongkong #insuranceauthority (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 31, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
What ’s at stake for Americans at risk of losing Medicaid as unwinding continues
Medicaid is the nation’s largest health insurance program, covering nearly 80 million people, or more than 1 in 5 Americans. For many people who have low incomes or a disability, or who are either very young or very old, it’s a vital government program. John Yang reports from Georgia for our…#medicaid #johnyang #georgia #americassafetynet (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 30, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Inside Mercury ’s Stumble From Fintech Hero to Target of the Feds
The meeting last July between officials from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and executives from Choice Financial Group was tense. For most of the two-and-a-half hour session, the FDIC officials delivered the results of the agency’s recent examination of Choice, a once sleepy bank based in…#choicefinancialgroup #fdic #choice #fargo #mercury #andreessenhorowitz #pakistan #myanmar #saudiarabian (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 30, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
‘Million Dollar Listing LA’ star reveals how clients are insuring homes amid rising rates
Josh Flagg, star of Bravo’s “Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles” joins CNN to discuss the skyrocketing cost of home insurance in America. The US saw a record 28 weather and climate disasters in 2023, with damages from each event totaling over $1 billion. An expert in the insurance industry says…#joshflagg (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 30, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Climate change keeps punching insurers in the wallet
Finance professionals lamenting the ever-increasing costs of insuring their commercial property portfolios likely won’t be surprised by the latest research from global reinsurer Swiss Re, which reported global insured losses from last year’s natural catastrophes (Nat Cat) totaled $108 billion,…#swissre #natcat #scs #midwest #centralus #cfobrew #morningbrew (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 30, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
April falls? Four areas where UK bills are destined to drop
It’s not all bad news. Several things are happening in April that are good for people’s finances. Here are four of them: A multibillion-pound tax cut is about to kick in: the main rate of national insurance contributions (NICs) paid by employees will fall from 10% to 8% with effect from 6 April.…#treasury #isas #isa #sarahcoles #hargreaveslansdown #childcare #citizensadvice (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 30, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
UnitedHealth Group CFO John Rex replacing retiring Dirk McMahon as president
John Rex, chief financial officer for UnitedHealth Group Inc., will become the second-ranking executive at the insurance giant, replacing the retiring Dirk McMahon as president. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - March 29, 2024 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Mark Reilly Source Type: news
These U.S. Health Insurers Will Now Cover Wegovy, the Wildly Popular $1,349 Weight-Loss Drug
People on Medicare with heart-related conditions may now be covered. The first major health insurance companies in the U.S. will start paying for Novo Nordisk's popular weight loss injection Wegovy, according to a Wall Street Journal exclusive report published Friday. Kaiser Permanente, Elevance…#medicare #novonordisk #kaiserpermanente #cvshealth #aetna #wegovy #uscentersformedicare #medicaidservices #newresearchsuggests #martinholstlange (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 29, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Study finds decreases in imaging's share of all healthcare spending
Although medical imaging has frequently been considered a major culprit behind the growth of healthcare spending in the U.S., its share among employer-insured individuals actually decreased between 2010 and 2021, researchers have reported.
In fact, imaging's part fell from 10.5% to 8.9% during the decade, according to a team led by first author Michal Horný of Emory University School of Medicine and senior author Richard Duszak, MD, of the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. What's more, "nominal spending" (i.e., the sum of payments from health plans and patients to health care providers for imaging and ...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 29, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Kate Madden Yee Tags: Economics Source Type: news
Ghana: NHA Pays Gh¢180m to Healthcare Providers
[Ghanaian Times] The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) says it paid GH¢180 million to various categories of healthcare providers last Friday across the country mainly for claims submitted and vetted up to December 2023. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 29, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Ghana Health and Medicine West Africa Source Type: news
4 Things You Need to Know About Health Care Cyberattacks
Despite the explosion in ransomware hacks like the one against Change Healthcare, regulation is spotty and few new safeguards have been proposed to protect patient data, vulnerable hospitals and medical groups. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - March 29, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Reed Abelson and Margot Sanger-Katz Tags: Computer Security Health Insurance and Managed Care Hospitals Regulation and Deregulation of Industry Cyberattacks and Hackers Electronic Health Records Extortion and Blackmail Medicine and Health Change Healthcare Technologies Inc Unite Source Type: news
