Cone Health, Novant Health finalize joint ownership agreement for insurance company HealthTeam Advantage
Cone Health and Novant Health are officially partners, having finalized their agreement to jointly own HealthTeam Advantage, the Cone-owned and -started Medicare insurance company. The deal will offer consumers more choices of facilities and providers that accept HealthTeam Advantage. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - September 30, 2022 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Lillian Johnson Source Type: news
Insurers question 'heroic assumptions' of Oregon's universal health care plan
After winning task force approval, the plan now heads to Oregon lawmakers. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - September 30, 2022 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Elizabeth Hayes Source Type: news
6 Groups Making Mental Health Care More Accessible to People of Color
The COVID-19 pandemic worsened mental health across the board in the U.S., but people of color—who disproportionately suffered the worst effects of COVID-19 and have historically lacked adequate access to mental health care—were hit especially hard. One 2022 study found that Black, Hispanic, and Asian adults in the U.S. “exhibited much worse mental health during the pandemic compared to before the pandemic,” while white adults experienced a less stark decline.
Yet white Americans are still far more likely to receive professional mental-health care. Many obstacles keep people of color from receiving ...
Source: TIME: Health - September 28, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Maya Chung Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Mental Health Source Type: news
Alzheimer ’ s Drug Shows Promise in Early Results of Study
Shares of Biogen and other drugmakers researching Alzheimer’s disease soared early Wednesday after Japan’s Eisai Co. said its potential treatment appeared to slow the fatal disease’s progress in a late-stage study.
Eisai announced results late Tuesday from a global study of nearly 1,800 people with early-stage Alzheimer’s.
The drugmaker said early results showed that its treatment, lecanemab, reduced patient clinical decline by 27% when compared to a placebo or fake drug after 18 months of the infused treatment. Patients were monitored using a scale that measures how they do in areas like memory, ju...
Source: TIME: Health - September 28, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Tom Murphy/AP Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate medicine wire Source Type: news
Health Insurance Claims for Sex Services Leads to Conspiracy Charges
(MedPage Today) -- The Department of Justice (DOJ) is charging a woman for a long-running healthcare fraud scheme: from 2017 to 2021, she billed a health insurer for sexual services offered to dockworkers at her California "wellness centers."... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - September 23, 2022 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Emergency Out-of-Network Payments Were Twice the Benchmark Level Emergency Out-of-Network Payments Were Twice the Benchmark Level
Self-funded insurers appeared more likely to pay more to spare patients from"surprise bills."Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - September 22, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Emergency Medicine News Source Type: news
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts to launch virtual primary care with Carbon Health, Firefly Health
The insurer said the new offering will be included in the majority of its commercial health plans. (Source: mobihealthnews)
Source: mobihealthnews - September 22, 2022 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Illumina's Grail Expands Use of Cancer Detection Test With Life Insurer Deal Illumina's Grail Expands Use of Cancer Detection Test With Life Insurer Deal
Cancer detection test maker Grail, acquired by Illumina Inc last year despite ongoing antitrust challenges, on Tuesday said it would expand use of its flagship Galleri test through a new agreement with life insurer John Hancock, a division of Manulife Financial.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Pathology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Pathology Headlines - September 22, 2022 Category: Pathology Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news
Court Ruling May Bring Back Copays for Preventive Services Court Ruling May Bring Back Copays for Preventive Services
Insurers and employers may consider adding cost sharing for preventive services now that a federal court ruled the ACA ' s mandate is unconstitutional.Kaiser Health News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - September 15, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Internal Medicine News Source Type: news
Why Not Sue Insurers Who Deny Care if the Patient Suffers Harm? Why Not Sue Insurers Who Deny Care if the Patient Suffers Harm?
Physicians shouldn ' t be the only malpractice suit defendants if patients suffer because insurers refuse to pay for care, says this doctor.Medscape Business of Medicine (Source: Medscape FamilyMedicine Headlines)
Source: Medscape FamilyMedicine Headlines - September 14, 2022 Category: Primary Care Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care Commentary Source Type: news
Meet the Pharmacist Responsible for Giving Half of His County ’s Monkeypox Vaccine
Clint Hopkins and his husband, Joel Hockman, own Pucci’s Pharmacy in Sacramento, but you might not always find them there. Since the monkeypox outbreak began in the U.S., the pair and their team of health professionals are just as likely to be at a bar, private party, or their local LGBTQ center administering monkeypox vaccines.
“We’re in a bit of a unique situation, because we’re LGBT and part of the community that is at highest risk,” says Hockman, COO of Pucci’s. “We’re aware of social events that are going on through our social network, so we reached out and said, ‘...
Source: TIME: Health - September 13, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate monkeypox Source Type: news
Navigating the patient experience: Burdens and barriers standing between patients and their care
Health care affordability is not the only hurdle facing patients, according to PhRMA ’s third Patient Experience Survey (PES). Thelatest PES report exposes another crucial problem: the frustration and confusion people have around how to use their coverage. Administrative hurdles and other barriers imposed by health insurers and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), such as time-consuming paperwork or prior authorization, are a challenge for many insured Americans, including more vulnerable communities. (Source: The Catalyst)
Source: The Catalyst - September 12, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Mark Keida Tags: Patients Health Insurance Burden on Patients Out-of-Pocket Costs Pharmacy Benefit Managers Polling Source Type: news
Rising Seas Are Going to Create a Huge Property Tax Headache for Coastal Communities
People are becoming increasingly worried about how they’ll be impacted when rising seas swallow up coastal properties. For starters, there are the homeowners who live on the threatened land. And then there are the mortgage lenders and home insurers who have a financial stake in those properties. But indirectly, anyone who relies on public education, fire departments, and other municipal services should be concerned when parcels of land fall below the tide line. Because when land disappears, so too, does the property tax revenue that it generates to fund those public services.
The threat of this revenue loss to U.S. c...
Source: TIME: Science - September 9, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Emily Barone Tags: Uncategorized adaptation climate climate change embargoed study extreme weather finance healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Insurance coverage for prostate MRI is inconsistent across the U.S.
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When to biopsy: How prostate MRI can transform best practiceComments:
9/9/2022 6:31:32 AMChris Woodhouse
This is crazy. Please explain to me why the median charge is $4400 when the best we can hope for in an outpatient clinic is $600. Why are the insurers not beating a path to our door? We do really good prostate work.
9/9/2022 8:21:31 PMjd4540
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Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - September 9, 2022 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Mental-Health Treatments Rose During the Pandemic —Especially Among Young People
More Americans sought treatment for mental-health disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic than in past years, according to data from the National Center of Health Statistics published Sept. 7. The share of U.S. adults who either reported taking a prescription medication for a mental-health condition or receiving counseling or therapy rose from 19.2% in 2019 to 21.6% in 2021.
The biggest rise occurred among the youngest adults, ages 18 to 44. Nearly 19% of people in this age group received mental-health treatment in 2019, which rose to more than 23% in 2021. Other recent research has shown that younger adults were more likel...
Source: TIME: Health - September 8, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Tara Law Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
