Many new moms in Texas don’t know they qualify for a year of Medicaid, doctors say
Almost all of the pregnant women Dr. Joshua Splinter sees at his rural East Texas practice are on Medicaid. For years, he ...
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HHS’s Proposed Security Rule Updates Could Require Group Health Plan Document Changes and New Plan Sponsor Security Practices
Proposed regulations may require employers to invest additional resources to safeguard group health plan participants’ ...
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Plans to turn former controversial Edinburgh sauna Scorpio Leisure into an HMO rejected
Plans to turn a former controversial Edinburgh sauna into an HMO have been rejected by the council as they failed to comply with the Local Development Plan.
California Health Plan Leaders Unite for the First Time to Launch New Payment Model Demonstration Project to Fortify Primary Care
Statewide Initiative integrates a unified value-based payment model to invest more in primary care, improve care quality and advance health equity across CaliforniaOakland, California, Jan. 30, 2025 ...
UnitedHealth Group: Delivered Satisfactory Growth Despite Bumps
For two years in a row, shares of our healthcare juggernaut UnitedHealth Group have lagged significantly. So, why are we bullish UNH? Find out.
New Study Published in JAMA Network Open Finds Procedural Prescription Denials Can Increase Acute Care Utilization and Spending in Medicaid
A new study published in JAMA Network Open has found that while procedural prescription denials curb immediate drug costs, some denials result in increased acute care utilization and costs, which ...
Enrolling in Medicare? 3 Ways Retirees Can Lower Their Costs
A lot of older Americans look forward to their Medicare enrollment because they assume it'll mean affordable healthcare from that point forward. In reality, the costs enrollees face under Medicare can ...
Cigna drops as rising medical costs drive Q4 earnings miss
The Cigna Group (NYSE:CI) fell ~9% in the premarket on Thursday after the managed care company's Q4 2024 financials fell short of Street forecasts for earnings due to an unexpected rise in medical ...
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Virginia moves forward with legislation to overhaul Medicaid pharmacy benefit managers
About 50 retail pharmacies closed across Virginia last year, leaving 20 counties with limited or no access to pharmacies.
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What I learned about health insurance rage as the nation’s first ‘HMO czar’
In 2000, in response to the frustration of 23 million California HMO consumers, I was appointed by then-California Gov. Gray Davis to be the nation’s first “HMO czar.” The new agency I was running was ...
Wash, dry, enroll: Helping people access health care, at the laundromat
State Medicaid and Affordable Care Act programs have long struggled to connect with lower-income Americans to help them ...