Elevance Health Reports $856 Million Profit Despite Drop In Medicaid Enrollment
Elevance Health reported a fourth quarter profit of $856 million – a slight dip compared to the year-ago period – thanks to a big decrease in Medicaid enrollment due to the end of a pandemic-era coverage provision. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - January 24, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Bruce Japsen, Senior Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation business pharma standard Source Type: news
New CPT code issued for FFR-CT
Cardiovascular software developer HeartFlow highlighted that CT procedures for estimating fractional flow reserve (FFR) have transitioned to a single category I Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code beginning January 1, 2024.
Practices will have one new category I code (75580) that describes non-invasive estimates of FFR based on software analysis of coronary CT angiography data, the company noted.
FFR-CT is a modeling technique that estimates coronary flow from routine coronary CT angiography (CTA) scans. HeartFlow’s FFR-CT Analysis software creates a 3D model of a patient's arteries, with algorithms then simulati...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - January 24, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Subspecialties Chest Radiology Source Type: news
Menopause Is Finally Going Mainstream
Kathryn Clancy wrote an entire book about menstrual cycles. But even she was surprised by some of the pre-menopausal symptoms she recently began to experience at age 44.
“A lot of things that have to do with my uterus, ovaries, and breasts, I have been massively underprepared for as a Ph.D.-level expert in this field,” says Clancy, a professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. “That should tell you how even more underprepared most people are.”
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Most people who menstruate will experience symptoms including hot flashes, brain fog, and ch...
Source: TIME: Health - January 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
50 States Of Grey: 3 Key Questions For Healthcare Startups As They Navigate The United States …
50 States Of Grey: 3 Key Questions For Healthcare Startups As They Navigate The United States (which is not so united in terms of policy) credit: created using DALL-E At Tau Ventures we hear from many entrepreneurs around the world that they want to build or expand a healthcare business into the…#tauventures #usconstitution #medicaid #affordablecareact #newengland #midwest #south #southwest #timesofindia #siliconvalley (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Millions of Americans lose Medicaid coverage as pandemic-era policies end
Medicaid recipients typically had to prove their eligibility each year to renew coverage. That stopped during the onset of the pandemic, but automatic re-enrollment ended in April. Since then, more than 15 million people have been disenrolled from Medicaid. Geoff Bennett discussed more with…#medicaid #geoffbennett #jennifertolbert #kff (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Buprenorphine Less Risky for Most Birth Defects Than Methadone
(MedPage Today) -- The risk of congenital malformations appears to be lower with buprenorphine than with methadone when taken during the first trimester of pregnancy for opioid use disorder (OUD), according to an analysis of Medicaid data.
In... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - January 22, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Centene hires new CEO of Medicare business as fallout from quality ratings continues
The hiring comes as Centene continues to grapple with fall-out from poor star ratings for its Medicare Advantage plans. Late last month, the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services wrote to Centene that its Wellcare Health Insurance plans in North Carolina and Arizona must halt enrollment and marketing because of low quality scores. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - January 22, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: James Drew Source Type: news
Certified Foot and Ankle Specialists Take Action to Support Children Affected by Medicaid Cuts in Florida
In light of disconcerting reports featured in the Orlando Sentinel, which disclosed the removal of over 800,000 Florida residents from the state's Medicaid program between March and September, Certified Foot and Ankle Specialists has embarked on a mission to provide free medical care to... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - January 22, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: FVT CHI DEI Source Type: news
Mississippi AG: Pro-Life Means Supporting Both Moms and Babies
The Supreme Court's Dobbs v. Jackson decision changed the American legal landscape, giving the people fresh opportunities to decide how to fashion laws that both empower women and promote life. This year's March for Life, with its theme of "with every woman, for every child," demonstrated in the…#supremecourt #mississippi #mississippiaccess #mamamsgov #applestore #mama #empowermentproject #medicaid #dobbs #lynnfitch (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
People are using cash transfers like basic income to pay rent, and it shows just how badly a housing-crisis solution is needed
An 'Apartments for Rent' sign hangs in front of a building on December 06, 2022 in Miami Beach, Florida. Joe Raedle/Getty Images A growing number of Americans who qualify for government housing assistance aren't getting it. Experimental basic income programs and other temporary aid often go…#miamibeach #florida #joeraedlegettyimages #medicaid #washingtondc #river #urbaninstitute #columbiauniversity #centeronpoverty #socialpolicy (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 21, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
TikToker Reveals High Cost Of Eldercare Facilities
Tiffany explained to BuzzFeed that one of her parents has lost mobility over the years. Because of that, it sometimes requires two to three people to complete tasks like grooming, due to needing to lift her parent up. Due to the personal physical limitations of the in-home aides, they were unable…#tiffany #ltc #medicaid #priya (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 21, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Q & A: Talking Prior Authorization With Rep. Suzan DelBene
(MedPage Today) -- Although the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule on prior authorization, there is more that can be done to ease clinician burdens in this area, according to Rep. Suzan DelBene (D-Wash.). DelBene... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - January 20, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Robbing Peter to Pay Peter: Taxes and Transfers
The goal of any social welfare system is to provide resources to those who are in need, by taxing those who are judged to have enough. Such programs, sometimes known as transfers or, in another form, entitlements, are supposed to redistribute income from those who are better off to those who are…#combinedtax #medicaid #amyfinkelstein #nathanielhendren #erzoluttmer #socialsecurity #medicare #arthurokun #cps #censusbureau (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 19, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Unlocking the potential of imaging in Alzheimer ’s disease care
Jan Makela.In the U.S., more than 6 million Americans have Alzheimer's disease, a debilitating and far-reaching disease that accounts for 60% to 80% of dementia cases, and by 2050, this number is projected to rise to nearly 13 million, according to Alzheimer’s Disease International.
Alzheimer’s has been a formidable challenge for our society, patients, caregivers, and healthcare systems for decades. The disease affects memory, thinking, and behavior. Its symptoms typically start with mild cognitive impairment and eventually grow severe enough to interfere with daily tasks.
Historically, medications and therapies have...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - January 19, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Jan Makela Tags: Practice Management Molecular Imaging MRI Neuroradiology Source Type: news
Public Inspection: CMS: Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Advancing Interoperability and Improving Prior Authorization Processes for Medicare Advantage Organizations, etc. on the Federally-Facilitated Exchanges, etc.
Pre-publication notice of final rule from the Centers for Medicare& Medicaid Services (CMS) aiming to improve the electronic exchange of healthcare data and streamline processes related to prior authorization through new requirements for Medicare Advantage (MA) organizations, state Medicaid fee-for-service (FFS) programs, state Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) FFS programs, Medicaid managed care plans, CHIP managed care entities, and Qualified Health Plan issuers on the Federally-facilitated Exchanges. This final rule will also add new measures for eligible hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) to report...
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - January 19, 2024 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
