California hospitals sue, blaming major insurer for patients languishing in hospital without discharge
California hospitals are getting aggressive in trying to address what they say is a big contributor to long hospital stays and crowded emergency departments: insurance companies. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - April 24, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Emily Hamann Source Type: news
Cohere Health expands partnership with Humana
The health insurance company will expand its use of Cohere ' s prior authorization platform to include diagnostic imaging and sleep services. (Source: mobihealthnews)
Source: mobihealthnews - April 24, 2024 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
California hospitals sue, blaming major insurer for patients languishing in hospital without discharge
California hospitals are getting aggressive in trying to address what they say is a big contributor to long hospital stays and crowded emergency departments: insurance companies. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - April 23, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Emily Hamann Source Type: news
Endpoints hires Livingston as a reporter
Endpoints News has hired Shelby Livingston as a reporter covering industry giants, startups and other forces shaping health care. She has been covering health care at Business Insider for the past three-and-a-half years. She has been covering health insurers and health care providers, as well as…#endpointsnews #shelbylivingston #modernhealthcare #businessinsurance #clemsonuniversity (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Preparing for Z-Codes as DEX Genetic Testing Registry Rolls Out to Commercial Health Plans
Palmetto GBA’s Chief Medical Officer will cover how clinical laboratories billing for genetic testing should prepare for Z-Codes at the upcoming Executive War College in New Orleans After multiple delays, UnitedHealthcare (UHC) commercial plans will soon require clinical laboratories to use Z-Codes when submitting claims for certain molecular diagnostic tests. Several private insurers, including UHC, […]
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Source: Dark Daily - April 22, 2024 Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: Jillia Schlingman Tags: Coding, Billing, and Collections Laboratory News Laboratory Resources Pathology and Clinical Laboratory Conferences analytes anatomic pathology centers for medicare and medicaid services Change Healthcare clinical pathology CMS cpt cod Source Type: news
California insurance crisis: 2 more insurers withdraw from state
(Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 21, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The growing reason people can't afford to own a home
Homeownership is becoming less attainable because of high mortgage rates and insurance costs. • The climate crisis is triggering insurance price hikes, as insurers anticipate more damage payouts. • Some Americans are opting for rentals or to relocate due to the high costs of owning a home.…#someamericans #nerdwallet #insurify #federalreserve #oklahoma #statefarm #lauralongero #quinstreet #florida #genzers (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 20, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The growing reason people can't afford to own a home
PeopleImages / Getty Images; Jenny Chang-Rodriguez/BI Homeownership is becoming less attainable because of high mortgage rates and insurance costs. The climate crisis is triggering insurance price hikes, as insurers anticipate more damage payouts. Some Americans are opting for rentals or to…#nerdwallet #insurify #federalreserve #oklahoma #statefarm #lauralongero #quinstreet #florida #genzers (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 20, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
California loses 2 more property insurers in growing crisis
Two more insurance companies are ending property insurance coverage in California, adding to the growing list of insurers fleeing the state in what has become an escalating crisis. Tokio Marine America Insurance Co. and Trans Pacific Insurance Co., both owned by Japanese firm Tokio Marine Holdings…#goldenstate #tokiomarineholdings #allstate #statefarm #ricardolara #kcra #chrispandolfo #kristineparks (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 19, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Executive Insights: Providence Health Plan ’s Don Antonucci on his role in advancing health equity in Portland and beyond (video)
Candace Beeke, market president and publisher of the Portland Business Journal, interviews Don Antonucci, president and CEO of Providence Health Plan, about the role of health insurers in advancing health equity in their communities.
As a Portland Business Journal Executive of the Year honoree, Don shares the steps Providence Health Plan takes to drive this cause in Portland and beyond. Learn more about their initiatives and how they're positively impacting the health care industry in this interview. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - April 19, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Providence Health Plan Source Type: news
Profiting off greater risk: the reinsurance game : The Indicator from Planet Money
When an insurance company can't cover all of its claims, it actually has its own insurance. This is called "reinsurance." How does that work and why do reinsurers look at their risk pool differently than say home or auto insurers? Related episodes: Why is insurance so expensive right now? And more…#applespotify #planetmoney #applepodcasts #musicbydropelectric #facebooknewsletter (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 17, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Dentists can bill for federal dental plan patients without signing up for program, government says
The federal government announced Wednesday that oral health care providers who provide services to Canadian Dental Care Plan (CDCP) clients can bill the insurance company directly without formally signing up for the program. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - April 17, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Politics Source Type: news
Weight-Loss Drugs Help Sleep Apnea Symptoms
Eli Lilly & Co.’s weight-loss drug Zepbound improved breathing problems in highly anticipated studies that may convince more insurers to cover the $1,000-a-month treatment.
In two late-stage trials of patients with obstructive sleep apnea, a condition closely linked to obesity, Zepbound reduced the number of times breathing slowed or stopped during sleep by up to 63% from the baseline, Lilly said in a statement Wednesday. The result topped Jefferies analysts’ expectations that the trials would likely show a reduction of about 50% to 55%.
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Source: TIME: Health - April 17, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Madison Muller/Bloomberg Tags: Uncategorized bloomberg wire healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Eli Lilly weight-loss drug found to address sleep apnoea in trial
Study results could encourage US Medicare system and private insurers to cover tirzepatide treatments (Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare)
Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare - April 17, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
