When a New York couple purchased a health insurance plan from a telemarketer, they thought it covered everything they wanted: doctor visits, tests, and medicine. But then came the unexpected bills for thousands of dollars, forcing them to skip crucial medical care. In their series “Health Care Hustlers,” Bloomberg reporters Zachary Mider and Zeke Faux…
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Aeroflow Health has launched a new diabetes program that offers educational content on diabetes management, medical nutrition therapy and more. The post Aeroflow Health Unveils New Diabetes Management Program appeared first on MedCity News.
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The startup’s first disease target is chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP), which can be treated with a blockbuster Argenx drug. Nuvig aims to show its drug can offer a better way to treat this disease and other autoimmune conditions. The post Nuvig Therapeutics Nabs $161M to Build Case for a Better Approach to Autoimmune Disease…
Deploying a robust continuous improvement methodology is especially beneficial in the earliest phases of drug development. It can help ensure the delivery of high-quality, reliable, timely bioanalytical and clinical data to make informed decisions about either moving on to the next drug development milestone or pivoting to another strategy. The post Continuous Process Improvement: The…
Commercial health insurance markets remain highly concentrated across coverage types. However, the individual market, which consists mostly of the ACA Marketplaces, has attracted more insurers and witnessed greater insurer competition across a variety of measures since the implementation of the enhanced premium tax credits in 2021, according to a new Healthy System Tracker analysis.
The status quo is simply untenable for many companies as health insurance costs spiral. From family-owned businesses to large enterprises, employers are taking advantage of an alternative designed by politicians on both sides of the aisle. The post How a Bipartisan Program Can Help You Avoid Costly Health Insurance Renewals appeared first on MedCity News.
The House of Representatives recently passed a budget reconciliation bill that would appropriate funding for cost-sharing reductions that insurers are required to provide to low-income enrollees in the Affordable Care Act marketplace. This brief explains what these cost-sharing reductions are, how they relate to federal spending, and what effect appropriating funding might have on premiums…
By MICHAEL MILLENSON “Money changes everything,” Cyndi Lauper famously sang about love to a pulsating rock ‘n’ roll beat. So, too, when it comes to financial incentives for surgeons, two new studies suggest, although “How much money?” and “What do I have to do?” are the keys to unlocking monetary motivation. The first study, a…