[ad_1] Bright Health Group will no longer offer individual and family plans in Illinois, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Utah or Virginia after 2022, a move to stabilize […]
Order to expire requiring masks at Connecticut nursing homes, hospitals
[ad_1] People will no longer be required to wear face masks in Connecticut hospitals, outpatient healthcare settings and homeless shelters, once a state masking order expires early Friday. […]
FDA authorizes 1st breath test for COVID-19 infection
[ad_1] The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday issued an emergency use authorization for what it said is the first device that can detect COVID-19 in breath samples. […]
How the test-to-treat pillar of the US COVID strategy is failing patients
[ad_1] The federal “test-to-treat” program, announced in March, is meant to reduce COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths by quickly getting antiviral pills to people who test positive. But even as […]
Federal physician malpractice database may not work as intended
[ad_1] Hospitals appear to be skirting federal requirements to report clinician malpractice or hospital privilege revocations to a national database designed to keep patients safe. Congress created the […]
Kaiser Permanente doubles its affordable housing fund
[ad_1] Kaiser Permanente plans to double the size of its efforts to address housing instability with another $200 million, the integrated health system said Thursday. Since the Thriving […]
Cigna’s Evernorth launches initiative for patients with autism
[ad_1] Cigna’s health services division, Evernorth, and Behavioral Health Center of Excellence are collaborating to develop treatment standards to ensure patients with autism receive services that meet clear […]
Arbiters to expand surprise billing dispute resolution reviews, CMS says
[ad_1] Surprise billing dispute arbiters will need to consider information in addition to median contracted rates for billed items or services, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services […]
WHO: COVID cases, deaths in Africa drop to lowest levels yet
[ad_1] The number of coronavirus cases and deaths in Africa have dropped to their lowest levels since the pandemic began, marking the longest decline yet seen in the […]
Homeschooling surge continues despite schools reopening
[ad_1] The coronavirus pandemic ushered in what may be the most rapid rise in homeschooling the U.S. has ever seen. Two years later, even after schools reopened and […]