These Doctors Admit They Don ’t Want Patients With Disabilities
When granted anonymity in focus groups, physicians let their guards down and shared opinions consistent with experiences of many people with disabilities. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - October 19, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Gina Kolata Tags: Doctors Disabilities Discrimination Health Insurance and Managed Care Wheelchairs Deafness Americans With Disabilities Act Health Affairs (Journal) Research your-feed-science your-feed-healthcare Source Type: news
How Insurers Exploited Medicare Advantage for Billions
By next year, half of Medicare beneficiaries will have a private Medicare Advantage plan. Most large insurers in the program have been accused in court of fraud. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - October 8, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Reed Abelson and Margot Sanger-Katz Tags: Health Insurance and Managed Care Medicare Whistle-Blowers Suits and Litigation (Civil) Regulation and Deregulation of Industry Frauds and Swindling Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Source Type: news
How Insurers Exploited Medicare Advantage for Billions: ‘The Cash Monster Was Insatiable’
By next year, half of Medicare beneficiaries will have a private Medicare Advantage plan. Most large insurers in the program have been accused in court of fraud. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - October 8, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Reed Abelson and Margot Sanger-Katz Tags: Health Insurance and Managed Care Medicare Whistle-Blowers Suits and Litigation (Civil) Regulation and Deregulation of Industry Frauds and Swindling Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Source Type: news
Can a Telehealth Start-Up Add a Layer of Support to Pregnancy Care?
The goal of Poppy Seed Health is to connect underserved pregnant women to nurses, midwives and doulas who can offer on-demand assistance. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - September 28, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Tonya Russell Tags: Pregnancy and Childbirth Mobile Applications Midwives and Doulas Women and Girls Health Insurance and Managed Care Telemedicine Miscarriages Start-ups upstart2022 Source Type: news
Can a Telehealth Start-Up Add Support to Pregnancy Care?
The goal of Poppy Seed Health is to connect underserved pregnant women to nurses, midwives and doulas who can offer on-demand assistance. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - September 28, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Tonya Russell Tags: Pregnancy and Childbirth Mobile Applications Midwives and Doulas Women and Girls Health Insurance and Managed Care Telemedicine Miscarriages Start-ups upstart2022 Source Type: news
DOD: TRICARE Expansion of the Department of Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs Hearing Aid Ordering Model to Private Sector Care for Active Duty Service Members Receiving Care Through the Supplemental Health Care Program
Notice from the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) announcing a demonstration authorizing the Defense Health Agency (DHA) to expand the DoD and Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Hearing Aid Program (HAP) to a limited segment of the private sector care network of the TRICARE Managed Care Support Contractors (MCSCs). The intent is to replicate, to the fullest extent possible, the VA's Community Care Network model for delivery of prescribed hearing aids and associated devices to Veterans, Active-Duty Service Members (ADSMs) receiving care through the Supplemental Health Care Program (SHCP), and to qualifying Prime Active-Duty...
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - September 19, 2022 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
Texas Judge ’s Ruling Puts Free Preventive Care in Jeopardy
A federal judge in Texas found that the Affordable Care Act ’s process for determining what kinds of preventive care should be covered by insurance violates the Constitution. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - September 8, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Sheryl Gay Stolberg Tags: Decisions and Verdicts Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010) Health Insurance and Managed Care United States Preventive Services Task Force ' Connor, Reed Preventive Medicine Freedom of Religion Source Type: news
Enhancing Tobacco Treatment for Medicaid Recipients Enhancing Tobacco Treatment for Medicaid Recipients
This study explored managed care administrators ' perceptions of facilitators and barriers to providing tobacco treatment to Medicaid recipients.Southern Medical Journal (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - September 2, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care Journal Article Source Type: news
St. Louis-based managed care provider Centene hires new C-suite executive
The Clayton-based managed care provider has appointed a Chicago attorney as its chief ethics and compliance officer. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines - September 1, 2022 Category: Health Management Authors: Diana Barr Source Type: news
St. Louis-based managed care provider Centene threatens to terminate contract impacting 3M members nationwide
If they can't agree on a new reimbursement rate, it will impact 3 million enrollees nationwide. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - August 30, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Angela Gonzales Source Type: news
Arizona hospital system in danger of losing contract with nation's largest Medicaid managed care plan
Upward of 400,000 Medicaid patients in Arizona may lose access to services at Abrazo Health. Here's why. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - August 30, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Angela Gonzales Source Type: news
Centene weighs appeal of California's managed-care contract awards
A state agency awarded some of California's biggest Medicaid contracts to a competitor, something an analyst called a "worst-case outcome" for Centene. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - August 26, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: James Drew Source Type: news
Centene weighs appeal of California's managed-care contract awards
A state agency awarded some of California's biggest Medicaid contracts to a competitor, something an analyst called a "worst-case outcome" for Centene. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - August 26, 2022 Category: Biotechnology Authors: James Drew Source Type: news
Fact-Checking Health Claims About the Inflation Reduction Act
A provision in the law seeking to drive down drug prices has become fodder for misleading claims. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - August 19, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Linda Qiu Tags: Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 Medicare Health Insurance and Managed Care Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates) Regulation and Deregulation of Industry Congressional Budget Office Food and Drug Administration Health and H Source Type: news
Largest Managed Care Providers in Tampa Bay
Data is from the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation. Local includes Hernando, Hillsborough, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk and Sarasota counties. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - August 19, 2022 Category: American Health Source Type: news
