Author: Scott Welch

Blue Shield of California will be terminating 150 employees in the Sacramento region and 74 in Lodi as part of statewide layoffs affecting 373 people, according to notices the company filed with the state’s Employment Development Department. The company released a statement, saying: “As a nonprofit health plan, Blue Shield of California is driven by ...

Nurses and nurse practitioners at Kaiser Permanente voted overwhelmingly to ratify a four-year labor contract that secured them the biggest wage increases in about 20 years, their union announced Monday. The California Nurses Association represents more than 21,000 registered nurses and nurse practitioners throughout the company’s Northern California operations. “With this new contract, we will ...

Anna Sutton was shocked when she received a letter from her husband’s job-based health plan stating that Humira, an expensive drug used to treat her daughter’s juvenile arthritis, was now on a long list of medications considered “nonessential benefits.” The July 2021 letter said the family could either participate in a new effort overseen by ...

Americans are unsure whether they will have enough money saved to live comfortably in retirement amid market volatility and continued inflationary impacts. According to new research from Principal, just one-third of U.S. workers say they’re confident they’ll have enough money saved to enjoy activities they’ve dreamed of in retirement, and nearly half have concerns about keeping ...

Cases of once-rare “superbug” Candida auris have climbed to 600 in Southern Nevada, with more than one-third identified at just two hospitals.

Many employees who began working remotely during the pandemic are in no hurry to return to the office. Nearly 7 in 10 would rather look for a new job than go back, a new survey from Clarify Capital finds

If there is one consistent component of digital marketing ⁠— it is the fact that nothing stays the same. Tactics are in a constant state of change. The most effective strategy or campaign of March could be obsolete and ineffective by June.

Dive Brief: * Heightened expenses, ongoing staffing shortages and fewer patient discharges have hospitals facing negative margins near the end of the year, according to Kaufman Hall’s monthly national flash report out Wednesday. * Median operating margins have been in the red for 10 consecutive months and were down 2% in October from September. Median operating margins ...

Amazon is trying its hand at another healthcare service. The Seattle tech giant announced Tuesday that it’s launching “Amazon Clinic,” a new virtual care platform that uses message-based interaction to connect customers with third-party telehealth providers. The goal is to offer a convenient way to seek treatment for more than 20 common health conditions, including seasonal allergies, ...

With the 2023 Marketplace Open Enrollment now underway in all states, many are focused on the roll out of the so-called “family glitch” fix as one of the new changes to watch in this tenth Marketplace Open Enrollment.