Month: September 2024
The Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE) is set to receive a grant to boost the number of primary care physicians in Nevada.
8 News Now recently reported that the number of medical doctors’ licenses in Nevada has rapidly increased compared to last year. Nearly 40% of those doctors are living out of state.
Health care is the most frequent target for ransomware attacks: In 2023, the FBI says, 249 of them targeted health institutions — the most of any sector. And health executives, lawyers, and those in the halls of Congress are worried that the federal government’s response is underpowered, underfunded, and overly focused on protecting hospitals.
The health system in the U.S. is failing, a startling new report finds. The U.S. ranks as the worst performer among 10 developed nations in critical areas of health care, including preventing deaths, access (mainly because of high cost) and guaranteeing quality treatment for everyone, regardless of gender, income or geographic location, according to the ...
Employers offering prescription drug benefits to their employees have an important annual duty: by October 14th each year, they must notify Medicare-eligible employees and their Medicare-eligible dependents whether their plan’s drug coverage is "creditable" or "non-creditable".
U.S. employers expect health insurance costs to rise an average 5.8% in 2025, largely due to increased cost of medical services as well as higher use, according to a survey released by consulting firm Mercer on Thursday.
This year marked the expiration of certain pandemic-era policies that offered a temporary boost to insurers' star ratings, according to the report. However, the study notes that despite the decrease from 2023, bonus payments in 2024 are higher than any year from 2015 to 2022.
In the lawsuit, which was filed in Missouri federal court, the PBM argues that the report was filled with "false and misleading claims" about the industry. Express Scripts said that it cooperated in full with the FTC as it conducted its research over the course of two years.
The proportion of Americans without health insurance remained stable in 2023, the Census Bureau reported Tuesday, close to the record low the Biden administration achieved in 2022 through expansions of public programs, including the Affordable Care Act. About 8% of Americans were uninsured, a statistically insignificant increase of just 0.1 percentage point from a year earlier. ...
Republicans voted Wednesday morning in favor of a resolution disapproving of a Biden administration rule limiting access to association health plans. With a vote of 23-12, House Committee on Education and the Workforce members offered support for association health plans, a provision that is supported by some organizations such as the National Federation of Independent ...