Four in 10 employees deferred healthcare in the past year, according to a new report from Willis Towers Watson. The survey, which polled more than 9,600 workers in the U.S., found that 28% delayed or canceled a medical procedure, while 17% did not fill a prescription. Twenty percent of those surveyed said their provider canceled the ...

Hospital groups and providers are demanding the Biden administration increase a proposed 3.2% pay bump for inpatient payments to facilities, arguing inflation and a staffing crisis are still hitting them hard. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed the pay bump for fiscal year 2023 as part of the Inpatient Prospective Payment System ...

California will cover doula services for low-income residents at more than twice the state’s initial proposed rate under a spending plan lawmakers passed last week. Some advocates welcomed the new benefit in Medi-Cal, the state’s Medicaid health insurance program, as a step toward professionalizing this group of nonmedical birth workers. They say better pay may ...

Meta Platforms Inc. was sued over claims that private medical data is being shared secretly with Facebook when patients access web portals for some health-care providers. Facebook’s Pixel tracking tool redirects patient communications and other supposedly “secure” information without authorization and in violation of federal and state laws, according to the lawsuit filed Friday in San ...

An increasing number of Californians are feeling positive about health care, even as the COVID-19 pandemic continues, according to a new poll commissioned by Blue Shield of California. The poll of 1,000 Californians was conducted in February of this year.

Californians have traveled a bumpy road to post-pandemic recovery, with healthy employment and wage growth on the one hand, but soaring inflation and cost-of-living increases on the other.