Author: Scott Welch
A growing number of companies were moving to impose vaccine requirements as the Food and Drug Administration issued full approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine, eliminating one of the central remaining arguments used by the vaccine-hesitant.
Disney has reached a deal with its unions to require all of its unionized employees working at Walt Disney World in Florida to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 by October 22, 2021. The move comes nearly a month after Disney mandated that all of its salaried and non-union hourly employees in the U.S. needed to be fully ...
New research reveals that consumers encounter multiple challenges when accessing health care. In turn, that complexity has a compounding effect on wellbeing and work life. Quantum Health, a leading health care navigation and care coordination company, announced the results of its latest survey by calling them “groundbreaking” and emphasizing that they illustrate how consumer knowledge ...
Enhancing access to mental health care remains a key priority for employers, a new survey shows. The Business Group on Health’s annual look at employers’ healthcare attitudes found 76% are making increased access to these services a key priority in 2022. In addition, 57% said they will be focusing on reducing the stigma around mental health needs. ...
A California agency didn’t properly distribute federal relief funds meant to help homeless residents during the coronavirus pandemic, and the mismanagement was so prolonged that local organizations may lose the money because of missed deadlines, auditors said Tuesday. After receiving $316 million under the federal CARES Act to reduce the impact of COVID-19 on unhoused ...
The number of navigator organizations that assist consumers with finding Affordable Care Act (ACA) coverage is expected to quadruple to 1,500 navigators in the 2022 coverage year, the Biden administration reported. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced Friday it will provide $80 million in grant awards to 60 navigator organizations, which will ...
A new study reveals that 65% of workers would give up bonuses, paid vacation, and flexible hours for better health care benefits. Moreover, employees expect their employers to support them, not only by providing better benefits, but also by ensuring that they have access to best-in-class primary care providers who can guide them on their ...
Anthem Blue Cross and Dignity Health have mended fences and reached a new network agreement in California.
President Joe Biden on Monday pressed businesses and public leaders to implement vaccine mandates after the federal government issued its first full approval of a Covid-19 vaccine.
Most insurers are no longer waiving cost sharing for COVID-19 treatments as healthcare use rebounded from lows exacerbated by the pandemic, a new analysis found.