Reimbursement can be a barrier. Yet legislation can move organizations beyond pre-pandemic levels, according to Josh Scales, CEO and founder of Uniti Health.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Office of Population Affairs, has announced more than $6 million for Title X Family Planning Research grants, Research-to-Practice Center grants and Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Evaluation and Research grants, as part of its work to protect and expand access to reproductive healthcare.
UnitedHealthcare has introduced its 2023 Medicare Advantage and prescription drug plans, and has promised improved benefits in 2023 for 95% of all individual MA members. The nation’s largest insurer is characterizing its offerings as providing better ancillary benefits, lower prescription drug costs and further improvements to core benefits.
Hurricane Ian has left a mounting death toll in Florida after ripping through the state and displacing families from their homes, and the echoes of the storm are still being felt along the East Coast, where it continues to cause difficulties as a post-tropical cyclone. Healthcare payers are responding in a number of different ways, […]
For decades, Americans have spent more on prescription drugs than people in other countries. The Biden Administration has been involved in ongoing efforts to stem this trend, making prescription drugs more affordable to both improve public health and provide economic relief to Americans. Two new reports highlight the pervasiveness of the cost trend.
This is a “golden age of digital health,” according to Daniel Otzoy, digital health technical advisor at John Snow, Inc.
Optum and Change Healthcare officially merged today. Change filed a report with the Securities and Exchange Commission today in connection with the closing, in accordance with the January 5 merger agreement. WHY THIS MATTERS
About 84% of nonprofit hospitals updated their charity care policies from 2019 to 2021, during the heights of the COVID-19 pandemic, and according to findings published in JAMA Network Open, these updated policies resulted in mostly positive changes. However, restrictions in charity care and unclear eligibility criteria are still common and deserve regulatory attention, authors […]
Beginning January 1 of next year, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts will introduce a new virtual primary care option dubbed the “Virtual Care Team Feature,” which enables members to receive comprehensive virtual healthcare through a team that includes dedicated primary care providers. These providers can treat certain mental health issues and provide health coaching […]
People with Medicare will see lower premiums for Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D prescription drug plans in 2023. The projected average premium for 2023 Medicare Advantage plans is $18 per month, a decline of nearly 8% from the 2022 average premium of $19.52.