Author: Scott Welch
The number of medical licenses in Nevada has surged during the last year, a trend the Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners attributes in part to the state’s interstate licensing compact and other improved processes.
Editor’s Note: California Medicaid (MediCal) enrollment is approximately 13 million and the Deloitte contract is over $500 million. Nevada Medicaid enrollment is approximately 845,504; the Deloitte contract amount data was unavailable. The computer systems run by the consulting giant Deloitte that millions of Americans rely on for Medicaid and other government benefits are prone to ...
There’s no shortage of attention on rising pharmaceutical costs, but policymakers need to have the full picture of trends in this space to work off of, according to a new study. Researchers at the Bureau of Economic Analysis wanted to account for the role the pharmacy benefit manager-negotiated rebates play in drug pricing trends. They compared ...
The U.S. government’s first-ever negotiated prices for prescription drugs are still on average more than double, and in some cases five times, what drugmakers have agreed to in four other high-income countries, a Reuters review has found. The U.S. Medicare health plan, which covers more than 67 million people, recently unveiled new maximum prices, opens new ...
Small and midsize employers' efforts to start their own health plans have collided with regulatory and market reality. The percentage of U.S. employers with fewer than 100 employees that self-insure at least one health plan fell to 16% in 2023.
The Word & Brown Companies today was named in the annual Best Places to Work in Insurance program, which recognizes employers for their outstanding performance in establishing workplaces where employees can thrive, enjoy their work, and help their companies grow.
New federal regulatory guidance on the 2010 health care reform law eliminates uncertainties about how employers can pair a popular health care funding approach with one of the hottest benefits trends: having employees obtain coverage via private health insurance exchanges.
Mark Cuban, the founder of Cost Plus Drug Co., remains committed to disrupting the U.S. health care system to make it more affordable for consumers.
The summer surge of the coronavirus subvariants nicknamed FLiRT has given way to ever more contagious strains, a key reason behind the current high levels of COVID in California and nationwide. And doctors and scientists are keeping an eye on yet another subvariant — XEC — that could surpass the latest hyperinfectious subvariant, KP.3.1.1, now thought to be the most ...
People enrolled in Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace plans had access to 40% of their local physicians in-network on average, according to a new analysis from KFF. Just 4% of people with marketplace coverage were enrolled in plans that included more than three-quarters of local doctors in-network, according to the study. By comparison, 23% of people were ...