Study Shows Providers Experience Lower Medical Malpractice Losses With MagMutual Risk Mitigation Advice
Analysis included data from more than 35,000 providers in all specialties ATLANTA, Dec. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Physicians who take advantage of MagMutual's risk mitigation content and tools see a 10% reduction in medical malpractice losses, a recent investigation by the insurer's... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - December 7, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Health claims denial for alcohol intoxication: state laws and structural stigma - Azagba S, Ebling T, Hall M.
BACKGROUND: Some alcohol exclusion laws (AELs) allow health insurers to deny coverage to individuals injured due to being intoxicated. Evidence has shown that such AELs disincentivize health-care providers to screen for alcohol while they deter treatment u... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 7, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
New firm takes over 60 GP practices from US insurer
American health insurance giant Centene is selling its English primary care arm to UK firm HCRG Care Group, HSJ can reveal. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - December 6, 2023 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
The Medicare Gold Rush Is Slowing Down
The popularity of private Medicare plans has been a huge driver of profits for insurance companies in recent years. There are signs the gold rush isn’t quite what it once was. Investors have been worried all year as the Biden administration phases in a new system that insurers say will reduce…#medicare #medicareadvantage #unitedhealthgroup #humana (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Thrombectomy use increasing to treat VTE
The use of arterial and venous thrombectomy to treat blood clots has increased significantly over the past five years, according to research presented November 30 at the RSNA meeting.
Stephanie McNamara, PhD, of Harvard University in Cambridge, MA, presented a study that found procedure rates for venous thromboembolism (VTE) increased by 75% between 2017 and 2022. However, these rates remain low considering the total number of cases per year, McNamara said.
“The incidence of [venous thromboembolism] is expected to grow, creating opportunities to expand the use of these noninvasive procedures,” she noted in a poster p...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - December 5, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: Will Morton Tags: Interventional Source Type: news
