Australia blames Russians for health insurance data theft
Australian officials say Moscow must he held to account for Russian cybercriminals accused of hacking Australia’s largest health insurer and dumping customers’ personal medical records on the dark web (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - November 11, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Australia blames cyber criminals in Russia for Medibank data breach
Cyber criminals in Russia are behind a ransomware attack on one of Australia's largest private health insurers that's seen sensitive personal data published to the dark web, the Australian Federal... #ransomwareattack #criminals #cybercriminals #healthinsurers #australianfederalpolice #medibank (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 11, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Abortions exposed among Australian health insurer customers
Extortionists have dumped stolen client records relating to pregnancy terminations on the dark web in their latest effort to pressure Australia’s largest health insurer to pay a ransom (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - November 10, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Mindfulness Worked as Well as an Anxiety Drug in a New Study
Mindfulness meditation worked as well as a standard drug for treating anxiety in the first head-to-head comparison.
The study tested a widely used mindfulness program that includes 2 1/2 hours of classes weekly and 45 minutes of daily practice at home. Participants were randomly assigned to the program or daily use of a generic drug sold under the brand name Lexapro for depression and anxiety.
After two months, anxiety as measured on a severity scale declined by about 30% in both groups and continued to decrease during the following four months.
Study results, published Wednesday in the journal JAMA Psychiatry, are timely....
Source: TIME: Health - November 9, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Lindsey Tanner/AP Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Mental Health wire Source Type: news
Hacker publishes Australian health insurer's customer data
Client data of Australia’s largest health insurance company has been published by an extortionist following through on a threat to do so (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - November 9, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
What to Know About Your Health Insurer ’s Formulary Drug List
How do drug formularies work? Learn more about your health insurer's list of preferred drugs and how it can save you money. (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - November 8, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Medicare Enrollees Warned About Deceptive Marketing Schemes
Staff at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services are on the trail. They are secretly shopping for plans by calling the numbers linked to some online, TV and newspaper ads placed by these marketing firms, according to an agency memo sent to insurers last month. (Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care)
Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care - November 8, 2022 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Jefferson Health president departing to join Pittsburgh health insurer, hospital system
He joined Jefferson in 2017 and became president a year later as the health system continued its rapid expansion. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - November 7, 2022 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Paul J. Gough Source Type: news
Medical Mutual is leaving downtown Cleveland headquarters
The insurance company is moving its Northeast Ohio employees to a former American Greetings site in Brooklyn in 2023. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 7, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Sean McDonnell Source Type: news
CVS, Wallgreens, Walmart agree to opioid settlement; Washington sues to stop Albertsons payout: The National Observer Nov. 11, 2022
Good morning, readers.
A number of pharmacy giants have cut litigation with insurers short as they agree to pay out more than $10 billion under a settlement framework meant to resolve claims that they contributed to the opioid epidemic.
Meanwhile, Albertsons has run into a roadblock as it looks to pay out a $4 billion dividend, as the state of Washington is suing the company to stop it from doing so as its acquisition at the hands of Kroger is under antitrust regulatory review.
Read on to learn … (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 3, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Joshua Mann Source Type: news
Alignment Healthcare Posts Loss As Insurer Expands Medicare Advantage Into New Markets
Alignment Healthcare reported a $40 million loss in its third quarter as the startup provider of Medicare Advantage coverage spends money to expand coverage into new markets and further grow enrollment. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - November 3, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Bruce Japsen, Senior Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation Enterprise Tech /enterprise-tech business pharma Source Type: news
Medicare ’s Value-Based Insurance Design Pilot Could Pave Way For Broader Implementation
Value-Based-Insurance-Design refers to health insurers ’ efforts to structure patient cost-sharing in such a way as to encourage enrollees to use drugs and services that are most valuable to them. The Medicare Advantage plan pilot could trigger a revival of VBID among public and private insurers. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - November 3, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Joshua Cohen, Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation business pharma & Source Type: news
Lab Notes: Philadelphia region rises in ranking of life sciences clusters; Malvern medical device maker raises $1.8M
This week's Lab Notes has details on where Philadelphia places in a national ranking of life sciences hubs, a medical device company's latest financing, a major health insurer and lab services provider extending their partnership, and more. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - October 28, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: John George Source Type: news
McKinney health insurance company Globe Life Inc. appoints four new executives
Globe Life Inc. will promote Matthew Darden and Frank Svoboda to co-CEOs following the announcement that Gary Coleman and Larry Hutchinson would be stepping down from their positions. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - October 27, 2022 Category: Biotechnology Authors: DBJ staff Source Type: news
Telehealth follow-ups associated with more hospitalizations after emergency room visits
Telehealth follow-up consultations following an emergency department visit were associated with 28 more return trips to the emergency room, and nearly 11 more return hospital admissions per 1,000 patients, compared with in-person follow-up appointments, UCLA research has found.The findings, published in JAMA Network Open, held true even when the researchers controlled for the seriousness of patients’ conditions, their other medical conditions and sociodemographic factors.One of the first studies to link telemedicine with these negative results, the research is particularly timely because of ongoing discussions among po...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - October 27, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
