All Marketplace plans have free preventive benefits to help keep you healthy and avoid more serious illnesses. Talk with your doctor to figure out which services are right for you. Remember, services are only free if you get them from a provider in your plan’s network. Image What preventive services could I get? Some common services include:…
This week, UnitedHealth Group faced two new investigations from federal lawmakers. The first was a senator’s probe into its Medicare Advantage billing practices, and the second was a Congressman’s investigation into a decline in care quality at Optum-owned clinics in New York. The post UnitedHealth Hit with 2 New Federal Probes in 1 Week appeared…
[Sponsored] The webinar, sponsored by PurpleLab and scheduled for May 22, will explore how healthcare sector companies can leverage real world data (RWD) with a focus on lung cancer. The post Using RWD to Improve Clinical Trial Recruitment, Endpoints, and Inform Market Access Strategies appeared first on MedCity News.
The federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Tuesday issued new regulations barring medical debts from American credit reports, enacting a major new consumer protection just days before President Joe Biden is set to leave office. The rules ban credit agencies from including medical debts on consumers’ credit reports and prohibit lenders from considering medical information…
HURON, S.D. — Kelly Engebretson was excited to get fitted for a prosthetic after having part of his leg amputated. But he wasn’t sure how he’d get to the appointment. Nah Thu Thu Win’s twin sons needed vaccinations before starting kindergarten. But she speaks little English, and the boys lacked health insurance. William Arce and…
The Trump administration issued its first major set of proposed changes to the Affordable Care Act on Monday that federal officials said are intended to crack down on fraud in the program. Policy experts said they will make it harder for consumers to sign up for coverage, potentially reducing enrollment. Details were released Monday after…
Digital health startups across the globe raised $5 billion during the first quarter of this year — which is the highest quarterly investment total the space has seen since the second quarter of 2022. The post Digital Health Funding Is Bouncing Back: 3 Things to Know appeared first on MedCity News.
With $500 billion allocated to the Stargate initiative, just imagine what could be done if 10% of that focused on women, who make up 51% of the population. The post What If Part of the $500 Billion AI Allocation Was Focused On Women’s Health? appeared first on MedCity News.
Hundreds of workers at the National Institutes of Health — the largest public funder of biomedical research in the world — are openly protesting the Trump administration’s policies regarding the agency, saying the upheaval and harm being done to the institution is so great that they felt they had no choice. A letter sent June…
Tom Zawierucha, 58, a building services worker in New Jersey, wishes candidates would talk more about protecting older Americans from big medical bills. Teresa Morton, 43, a freight dispatcher in Memphis, Tennessee, with two teenagers, wants to hear more about how elected officials would help working Americans saddled with unaffordable deductibles. Yessica Gray, 28, a…