This slideshow captures key data from the 2024 KFF Employer Health Benefits Survey survey, providing a detailed look at trends in employer-sponsored health coverage, including premiums, employee contributions, cost-sharing, abortion coverage, offer rates, wellness programs, and other employer practices.
By MIKE MAGEE When Andrew Jameton, a Nursing Professor at the Department of Mental Health and Community Nursing at UCSF in 1984 published “Nursing Practice: The Ethical Issues”, the term “Moral Distress” was a novel term in clinical health care. It focused primarily on “care that they were expected to provide but ethically opposed.” Over…
At the MedCity INVEST conference May 20-21 in Chicago, the startups will take part in the Pitch Perfect contest, pitching their technology and services to investor judges. The post 6 Care Navigation/Care Coordination Startups Aimed at Consumers/Employers to Watch appeared first on MedCity News.
From September 15 to October 15, we are joining the nation in celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month, a month which honors the diverse cultures of Americans whose ancestors represent countries in Central and South America, the islands of the Caribbean, Mexico, and Spain. During this time, Crothall Healthcare wants to shine a spotlight on our Hispanic…
This week, longtime healthcare veterans Amy Abernethy and Brad Hirsch teamed up to launch Highlander Health — a Dallas-based startup focused on accelerating clinical evidence generation. The post Why Former FDA & Verily Exec Amy Abernethy Is Launching a New Venture appeared first on MedCity News.
This fact sheet reviews current national and state policies around Emergency Contraception, including methods, patient awareness, access and availability, and insurance coverage. Among methods discussed are ulipristal acetate (ella), intrauterine devices (copper IUDs and levonorgestrel IUDs), and progestin-based pills (Plan B and Next Choice).
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom will soon decide whether the most populous U.S. state will join 25 others in regulating the middlemen known as pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs, whom many policymakers blame for the soaring cost of prescription drugs. PBMs have been under fire for years for alleged profiteering and anticompetitive conduct,…
By MIKE MAGEE The incoming Trump Administration nominees for positions in Health and Human Services (like RFK Jr. to direct the department and Mehmet Oz to head Medicare and Medicaid Services) are names you know and apparently many trust? In this morning’s New York Times, Dr. Ashish Jha, President Biden’s Covid lead, thinks he knows why….
Mientras la epidemia de sarampión más grave en una década ha causado la muerte de dos niños y se ha extendido a 27 estados sin dar señales de desacelerar, las creencias sobre la seguridad de la vacuna contra esta infección y la amenaza de la enfermedad se polarizan rápido, alimentadas por las opiniones antivacunas del…
Céline Gounder, KFF Health News’ editor-at-large for public health, discussed the FDA’s phasing out of fluoride drops and tablets for children on CBS’ “CBS Mornings” on May 15. Click here to watch Gounder on “CBS Mornings.” KFF Health News Southern correspondent Sam Whitehead discussed what Medicaid cuts could mean for Georgia on The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s “Politically…