This issue brief analyzes federal and state guaranteed issue rules and how they impact beneficiaries’ access to Medigap, including the implications for Medicare beneficiaries with pre-existing conditions and those under age 65 with long-term disabilities. This brief also explores a recently finalized rule: Nondiscrimination in Health Programs and Activities regarding Section 1557 of the Affordable…
This technological shift not only boosts efficiency and profitability for pharmaceutical companies but also speeds up the delivery of innovative therapies to patients. The post Overcoming Pharma’s Major Pain Points and Pitfalls With AI appeared first on MedCity News.
Organizations are delivering digital experiences and content to HCPs on a much larger scale than was previously possible. Integrating digital tools will advance things even further and help marketers and MLR teams maintain brand consistency and ensure compliance across digital and content operations. The post Unify Digital Publishing with MLR Review to Speed Compliant Content…
KFF’s 2024 Women’s Health Survey finds that women aren’t fully aware that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires insurance plans to cover the full cost of recommended preventive health care services – especially contraception.
Startups will take part in four different competitions at HLTH. There will also be plenty of opportunities to network. The post Which Startups Will Present at HLTH? appeared first on MedCity News.
Before Hurricane Helene, had you stopped by one of the many breweries, art galleries, or award-winning restaurants in Asheville, North Carolina, and spoken with anyone who lives in these parts — including me — most would have told you they felt pretty safe from climate disasters. The mountains of western North Carolina have been known…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — This year, Gov. Gavin Newsom affirmed abortion access, calling California “a proud reproductive freedom state” and criticizing Republicans across the country for trying to take away families’ rights. He signed legislation mandating that insurance companies cover in vitro fertilization. He supported restricting students’ cellphone use in schools and signed a nation-leading ban…
The CVS representative popped into Lisa Trumble’s third-floor Berkshire Medical Center hospital room in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, to announce that everything was arranged for Trumble to return home, where she relies on IV nutrition because of severe intestinal problems that leave her unable to eat. That was on Tuesday, Oct. 8. The next morning a social…
That is the title of a paper recently accepted for publication by Value in Health with co-authors Shanshan Wang, Khounish Sharma, Kathryn Spurrier, Robert J. Nordyke. The abstract is below. Objectives To identify the types of disease most likely to be impacted by the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review’s (ICER) shared savings assumptions. Methods…
By GEORGE HALVORSON I have been railing against the Electoral College (and the Senate) as anti-democratic forever, and no one much cares. Turns out George Halvorson noticed–Matthew Holt We all need to remember that Joe Biden got 11,110,258 California votes in the last election and we need to know and remember that Donald Trump got…