Month: June 2024
It’s important to be on the lookout for scams every day of the year, but during Medicare Fraud Prevention Week June 3-9, Blue Shield of California warns its Medicare beneficiaries about scammers who want their personal, financial, and health plan information. Healthcare fraud in the U.S. is an enormous, expensive problem — costing up to $300 billion, according to the National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association. ...
Companies are increasing access to new blockbuster weight-loss drugs for employees, but size of employer may make a big difference in early access. Small businesses and their workers are often stuck between a rock and a hard place when it comes to this burgeoning health insurance coverage market. Small businesses employ roughly half of the ...
Dr. Anthony Fauci said in congressional testimony that he reviewed no scientific evidence behind the specific recommendations for masking children or maintaining 6-foot social distancing before advocating these policies during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. The revelations come from the full transcript, released Friday, of Fauci’s closed-door transcribed interview session in January before the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic. The publication ...
An increase in flu viruses detected at wastewater treatment plants in California in recent weeks has sparked concern that the H5N1 bird flu may be spreading more rapidly than anticipated, potentially putting the state’s 1.7 million dairy cows at risk for infection. Health officials have observed multiple spikes in influenza A viruses, which include the H5N1 avian flu ...
CVS Health continues to invest heavily in healthcare delivery services with a focus on affordability, convenience and better access to primary care. “What we’re fundamentally trying to do is build that world of health around every American,” Sree Chaguturu, M.D., CVS Health’s executive vice president and chief medical officer, said Thursday at the thINc360 – The ...
Going to bed late, regardless of whether you’re a night owl or an early bird by nature, is linked to worse mental health, according to a new study by Stanford University researchers. Scientists had believed that aligning your sleep behavior to your sleep time preference — “evening people” going to sleep later, and “morning people” ...