Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital believe they’ve discovered the hormonal link that allows exercise to reduce Alzheimer’s disease risk—the last affirmation that the best known way to combat the disease is by staying active. KEY FACTS In a study published Friday in the journal Neuron, the researchers found that the hormone irisin, which circulates through the ...

The Silver State Health Insurance Exchange has announced Russell Cook as the new executive director.

Home care workers across Nevada are using Labor Day to celebrate a recent, successful push to unionize, with an estimated 1,000 workers who have joined or are voting to join a health care union that already helped it score a new minimum wage requirement earlier this summer, SEIU Local 1107 said.

Health-insurance costs are climbing at the steepest rate in years, walloping businesses and their workers. Costs for employer coverage are expected to surge around 6.5% for 2024, according to major benefits consulting firms Mercer and

Self-insured employers pay more for a host of medical procedures than fully insured employers, and just why should be investigated by policymakers, according to a study published today in Health Affairs. Large providers’ market saturation might be one of the reasons that self-insured employers wind up paying more for such procedures as endoscopies (8% higher in self-insured ...

All employers offering prescription drug benefits to employees are required to provide annual notifications to Medicare-eligible employees and dependents before October 15th, regarding the drug status of their plan(s).