Author: Scott Welch
At a Senate hearing on Wednesday, lawmakers called for additional oversight over private companies offering Medicare Advantage, in response to misleading and predatory advertising targeting seniors during open enrollment.
Narayanan Gopala, chief digital officer of Kaiser Permanente, based in Oakland, Calif., said the health system is enhancing its digital offerings for patients in a bid to make healthcare easier. Kaiser Permanente recently improved its digital check-in process, allowing patients to fill out pre-appointment forms and make copayments through their Kaiser app before arriving at the medical ...
You can avoid the most common pitfalls of ACA noncompliance if you understand the most common types of violations and then implement three strategies to prevent falling victim to them.
California continues to burnish its reputation as a progressive state for health policy as Gov. Gavin Newsom signed bills expanding paid sick leave, adding bereavement leave for miscarriages, and boosting wages for health workers. Newsom blessed a rare agreement between labor and the health industry to gradually phase in a nation-leading $25-an-hour statewide minimum wage for health ...
Liz McCabe wasn’t a typical candidate for Wegovy, one of the popular new weight-loss drugs. She is healthy and active. Her body-mass index this past spring barely put her in the category of obesity, a qualification for the medication. It was her history of “yo-yo” dieting that made the difference. The 45-year-old vice president at ...
The Mediterranean diet could be the key to blasting belly fat. A new study from the Prevención con Dieta Mediterránea-Plus (PREDIMED-Plus) revealed that the Mediterranean diet, partnered with physical activity, can counter aging-related body changes suchh as fat gain and loss of muscle mass. The study, published in JAMA Network Open on Oct. 18, was designed to determine ...
The snooze button has gotten a bad rap over the years — but a new study published in the Journal of Sleep Research suggests that snoozing doesn’t always mean losing. Researchers from Stockholm University in Sweden found that stealing that extra few minutes of sleep could actually support the waking process. Participants were evaluated in two separate ...
Nearly a decade after Nevada implemented Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act, the results are in — the state’s uninsured rate has plummeted, but challenges still plague the state’s health care ecosystem.
There’s a health care crisis here in Nevada. Health care providers and treatment centers are dealing with crippling staff shortages, with Nevada ranking 45th in the nation for the number of active physicians per 100,000 residents, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges.
The average employer-sponsored health insurance premium for U.S. families rose 7% to almost $24,000 this year, according to an annual KFF survey of more than 2,000 U.S. companies, compared with a 1% increase last year. Premiums for individual employer coverage rose at the same rate.