Author: Scott Welch
California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Monday that he is throwing his weight behind legislation to bar medical debt from showing up on consumer credit reports, a Democratic-led effort to offer protection to patients squeezed by health care bills. Bonta is a sponsor of Sen. Monique Limón’s bill, which seeks to block health care providers, as ...
More than a half dozen large private health insurance companies have agreed to cover the cost of navigators who guide cancer patients and their families through the confusing array of medical appointments and drug treatments that follow a diagnosis. The expansion of the cancer navigator program, part of President Joe Biden’s ambitious Cancer Moonshot, is ...
The tech giant is standing up the group with 16 health systems, two healthcare technology companies and zero AI development rivals.
Francisco Dizon, 77 years old, sat comfortably in his living room as a team of clinicians took his vital signs and administered IV medications to treat his urinary tract infection. While he received medical treatment, his wife, Esperanza, stood close by, speaking with the medical team and graciously offering them something to eat. The couple, who ...
While certain factors are out of our control, there are some things we can do to extend our lives. “For the average individual, everyday behaviors under our own control have a greater impact on healthy longevity than genetics,” Dr. Gary Small, a memory, brain and aging expert at Hackensack Meridian Health in New Jersey, told ...
As the disruption caused by the cyberattack at Change Healthcare stretches beyond its tenth day, cybersecurity experts say the incident could spur greater emphasis on enhancing protocols—and greater oversight from the feds.
With access that millions of Americans have to preventive care at stake, a conservative federal appeals court on Monday picked apart how the Biden administration has tried to maneuver around the latest significant challenge to Obamacare.
Higher medical costs for employer-sponsored plans are due to advances in treatments and health care consolidation trends, as well as specialty drug use and the new GLP-1 class of weight loss drugs, says a new report.
About 86% of U.S. private-sector employees worked for establishments that offered employer-sponsored health insurance, according to a 3-year average based on 2020-2022 data collected by the Insurance Component of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS-IC). In this article, 3-year average statistics are based on data collected for reference years 2020 to 2022. At the state ...
A bipartisan spending bill unveiled Sunday narrows some of this year’s cuts to physician Medicare pay, pushes back scheduled disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payment cuts and increases annual funding for community health centers, among other provisions that would prevent a partial government shutdown on March 8, if signed. The 1,050-page deal (PDF) between red and blue ...