[ad_1] MobileHelp is a personal safety and medical monitoring system that uses GPS tracking to pinpoint a patient’s location so emergency personnel can find them faster. The device […]
CMS finalizes 8.5% pay bump for Medicare Advantage plans
[ad_1] Medicare Advantage plans will see an expected 8.5% average increase in revenue in 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced Monday in its final rate […]
Hospital prices for health plans vary widely across the U.S., study finds
[ad_1] Regional healthcare markets across the country have experienced significant divergence in commercial-to-Medicare price ratios between 2012 and 2019, causing insurers to pay wildly different rates to hospital […]
Democratic, GOP Senate bargainers reach $10B COVID-19 agreement
[ad_1] Senate bargainers have reached agreement on a slimmed-down $10 billion package for countering COVID-19, the top Democratic and Republican negotiators said Monday, but the measure dropped all […]
5 things about the end of the $15B Anthem-Cigna PBM lawsuit
[ad_1] A six-year legal spat between Anthem and Cigna is over after a federal judge ruled that Cigna’s Express Scripts does not owe Anthem $14.8 billion in alleged […]
With students in turmoil, U.S. teachers train in mental health
[ad_1] As Benito Luna-Herrera teaches his seventh-grade social studies classes, he is on alert for signs of inner turmoil. And there is so much of it these days. […]
Study: Most infected heart implants aren’t removed, leading to patient deaths
[ad_1] Doctors are not removing heart device implants that develop infections, putting patients’ lives at risk, according to a study from Duke University. The study of more than […]
UnitedHealthcare study: Five conditions total 50% of healthcare costs
[ad_1] Just five conditions — cancer, musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal and neurological — account for 50% of healthcare spending, according to a study conducted by UnitedHealthcare and Health Action […]
The Check Up: Mike Slubowski of Trinity Health
[ad_1] COVID-19 may be shifting from a pandemic to an endemic situation, which could change healthcare and public health operations. But the endemic shift comes with its own […]
Medicare coverage of OTC COVID-19 tests begins
[ad_1] Providers can get $12 per at-home test provided to a Medicare Part B beneficiairy beginning Monday and for the duration of the COVID-19 public health emergency, the […]