Month: November 2021
The Business Group on Health has identified several trends in health and wellness to keep an eye on next year, which they say highlight the sense of “collective urgency” employers and their workforces feel. For example, the organization echoed an ongoing industry trend: virtual care isn’t going away following a massive increase in use during the pandemic. ...
When Greta Christina fell into a deep depression five years ago, she called up her therapist in San Francisco. She’d had a great connection with the provider when she needed therapy in the past. She was delighted to learn that he was now “in network” with her insurance company, meaning she wouldn’t have to pay ...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a cybersecurity briefing (PDF) warning health systems about the threat of “zero-day attacks.” Zero-day attacks occur when hackers weaponize an unknown vulnerability in a system to target the flaw before the developers have identified it. These bad actors even often sell these vulnerabilities to other hackers who ...
If you have been on any consumer-facing software or ecommerce website recently, odds are you have either interacted with or been forced to ignore a Chatbot feature. Whether you were prompted to ask a question or offered chat bot assistance, the exposure and use of Chatbots is continually growing. According to recent data published by Finance ...
Overpriced doctors and other medical providers who can’t charge a reasonable rate for their services could be put out of business when new rules against surprise medical bills take effect in January, and that’s a good thing, Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra told KHN, in defending the regulations.
Democrats and Republicans are crystal clear in polls that they want government to be allowed to negotiate down high drug prices. Americans pay nearly three times as much for drugs as patients in dozens of other countries.
On Nov. 5, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published nearly 500 pages of emergency temporary standards (ETS) that, among other things, would have required employers with 100 or more employees to require their employees to be fully vaccinated days into the new year.
California now has one of the lowest coronavirus infection rates in the country, with 1.9% of people testing positive for the disease in the last week as the nation’s most populous state has so far avoided the uptick feared heading into the end-of-year holidays.
In the post-pandemic world, the demand for expanded benefits will not be a short-lived trend, a new report suggests. The new study by LIMRA and EY finds that non-medical workplace benefits will grow by 20% over the next five years, and said that hybrid work arrangements, growing diversity, and innovations in technology will all contribute to an ...
CVS Health is closing 900 stores over the next three years, amounting to nearly 10% of its footprint, in response to the changing of “consumer buying patterns.” The drug store chain said Thursday that the closures will result in a retail presence that ensures it has the “right kinds of stores in the right locations ...