Month: August 2022
After about two months of rapid spread, San Francisco appears to be turning a corner on monkeypox, with early data showing the local epidemic may be slowing down. The number of new cases reported each week hit a high of 143 the week of July 24 and has tapered each week since, first to 87 ...
The Biden administration is investing $98.9 million in grant funding to 59 returning Navigator organizations that assist consumers in picking an Affordable Care Act (ACA) exchange plan.
Dive Brief: * About 17% of enrollees in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program, or 15 million people, could lose their coverage when states resume regular eligibility checks once the COVID-19 public health emergency ends, HHS projected in a report from the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation. * Loss of eligibility will require ...
Average costs for U.S. employers that pay for their employees' healthcare will increase 6.5% to more than $13,800 per employee in 2023, largely due to economic inflation pressures, according to professional services firm Aon.
Gov. Gavin Newsom visited Fresno’s McLane High School on Wednesday morning to announce a $4.7 billion investment in mental health and substance abuse supports for young Californians ages 0 to 25.
People recovering from monkeypox should wait at least 48 hours after symptoms subside before resuming activities outside the home and wear condoms during sex for 12 weeks after infection, California health officials said in their first recommendations for monkeypox isolation.
As the latest coronavirus wave fueled by the super-infectious Omicron subvariant BA.5 continues to recede, health officials are turning a wary eye to what might come next.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday vetoed a controversial bill that would have allowed supervised injection site pilot programs in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Oakland, in efforts to prevent drug overdose deaths and connect people to treatment for addiction. The number of safe injection sites that would have been authorized by the bill could ...
Signify Health soared the most since its shares started trading last year as UnitedHealth Group, Amazon, CVS Health and Option Care Health competed to acquire the home health technology and services provider, according to people familiar with the matter. UnitedHealth has submitted the highest bid in excess of $30 a share, while Amazon’s offer is ...
The Biden administration released Friday a final rule that updates the arbitration process providers and insurers can use to settle out-of-network billing disputes after the federal government suffered several legal setbacks to the No Surprises Act. The final rules, released by the departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Treasury and Labor (DOL), implement the No ...