When Pat Paulson’s son told her he was feeling anxious and depressed at college, Paulson went through her Blue Cross Blue Shield provider directory and started calling mental health therapists. No providers in the Wisconsin city where her son’s university is located had openings. So she bought a monthly subscription to BetterHelp, a Mountain View, ...

More than 2 million potential surprise medical bills across all patients in commercial plans were prevented in the first two months a key law went into effect, a new study said. Insurance groups AHIP and the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association released a survey and analysis (PDF) of the impact of the No Surprises Act, which banned ...

Biden administration officials are developing a plan to allow all adults to receive a second coronavirus booster shot, pending federal agency sign-offs, as the White House and health experts seek to blunt a virus surge that has sent hospitalizations to their highest levels since March 3. Virus levels have risen across the country, fueled by ...

To dodge hefty costs for eyewear, California’s health insurance program for low-income people, Medi-Cal, has an innovative strategy: It contracts exclusively with the state’s prisons, and inmates make glasses for its beneficiaries. But the partnership that began more than 30 years ago has fractured. Medi-Cal enrollees, many of whom are children, and their eye care ...

Many technology and nontechnology employers require that workers who have access to proprietary and sensitive information sign contractual agreements not to compete during and when their relationship terminates. This contractual aid is common in Nevada and other states that allow such noncompete agreements.

It’s estimated that there are more than 250,000 Nevadans who depend on insulin to survive — but the price of the medication is steep.