2025 FEB 14– By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News– A new study on Oncology- Cervical Cancer is now available. Financial support for this research came from National Institutes of Health- USA. Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from Purdue University,“ We examined reported cervical cancer cases among females using…
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The ripple effects of this hasty, shortsighted cost-cutting policy threaten medical progress, the United States' scientific superpower status and state economies like Minnesota’ s, which are reliant on both world-class research centers and the business ecosystem that takes breakthroughs from lab to market. On Friday, the National Institutes of Health…
Minnesota judge: lawsuit over UnitedHealth use of AI can continue
A Minnesota judge is allowing a breach-of-contract claim to continue against UnitedHealth Group and its subsidiaries over the use of artificial intelligence.
Feb. 14— HARTFORD— This week, the CEO of CVS Health expressed confidence that the company would turn around its embattled health-insurance business, the Hartford- based Aetna. "People used to refer to Aetna in Connecticut as' Mother Aetna.' They were always present and engaged. New earnings show Aetna' s predicament.
Republican lawmakers in several states have Medicaid expansion in their crosshairs, energized by President Donald Trump's return to the White House and a GOP- controlled Congress set on reducing spending on the public health insurance program for low-income people. Legislators in Idaho have introduced a bill that would repeal voter-approved expansion,…
New York Attorney General Letitia James released a guide to help New Yorkers use the state's Exempt Income Protection Act to protect their money from debt collectors. The law automatically protects a certain amount of money in people's bank accounts from being frozen or seized, and also protects vital government benefits like Social Security, disability…
Modeled on a proposal approved by lawmakers last year to levy an assessment on all Nebraska hospitals, LB527, introduced by North Platte Sen. Under the bill, the state Department of Health and Human Services would be required to submit a state plan amendment to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services by Aug. 1, 2025. If approved, the state plan amendment…
Feb. 14— HARTFORD— This week, the CEO of CVS Health expressed confidence that the company would turn around its embattled health-insurance business, the Hartford- based Aetna. CVS' reputation in Connecticut has been dented by its elimination in the past year and a half of more than 1,000 jobs connected to its offices in Hartford, including several hundred…
The relationship between Connecticut hospitals and the Connecticut Medicaid program can sometimes sound like a bad marriage– "Can't live with' em but can't live without' em either!" The Medicaid program was established by Congress in 1965 to provide health insurance to individuals with low incomes. Congress intended for Medicaid recipients to have the same…
If you have an employer based health insurance plan, you could soon be paying more for every prescription filled, according to Alliance of Alabama Healthcare Consumers Executive Director Robin Stone. What is not apparent, according to Robin Stone of AAHC, is the price patients will pay for it. "It's camouflaged," Stone replied when asked where in either of the bills…
Providence Health& Services in Oregon warned striking nurses Thursday that their health insurance will expire at the end of the month if their walkout continues. Hospitals affected include Portland’ s St. Vincent Medical Center, Providence Portland Medical Center, and locations in Hood River, Medford, Milwaukie, Newberg, Seaside, and Oregon City.
Shelly Boshart Davis, R- Albany, told a legislative committee of nine men and women Tuesday that she’ d rather be driving a tractor on her family’ s farm than talking to them about her struggles to get hormone replacement therapy as her body approaches menopause. In 2024, Louisiana passed a bill. Gavin Newsom vetoed it, saying its requirements were problematic.
2025 FEB 13– By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Health Policy and Law Daily– Current study results on Managed Care have been published. Our news editors obtained a quote from the research from Texas Technical University,“ To quantify recent national and geographical trends for interventional pain procedures. Primary outcomes were calculated…
2025 FEB 13– By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Education Daily Report– A new study on Education- Health Education is now available. Funders for this research include NIH National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes, National Cancer Institute’ s National Research Service Award, Lineberger…
Colorado has not yet received $339 million that the federal government awarded it nearly a month ago to help fund programs to make health insurance more affordable. And Colorado is still waiting for its money. Regardless, this missing money now joins hundreds of millions of dollars caught in limbo between the feds and the state, with Colorado officials…
2025 FEB 13– By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Sports Research Daily– Investigators publish new report on Managed Care. Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from the University of Colorado,“ Orthopaedic physicians were identified using the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons patient-facing database in the fields of Adult…
The ripple effects of this hasty, shortsighted cost-cutting policy threaten medical progress, the United States' scientific superpower status and state economies like Minnesota’ s, which are reliant on both world-class research centers and the business ecosystem that takes breakthroughs from lab to market. On Friday, the National Institutes of Health…
PurpleLab ®, a leading health tech company specializing in real-world data and medical claims insights, and Payerset, the industry leader in enterprise price transparency data, announced today a strategic partnership to launch a trusted price intelligence solution suite, setting a new standard in healthcare intelligence. This collaboration empowers…
From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? When her primary care doctor mentioned a new kind of medication for weight loss, Taegan Byers was cautiously optimistic. She'd been struggling with weight gain ever since getting diagnosed with polycystic ovary syndrome as a teenager.
Mike Jacobson's bill to extend Nebraska's quest for more federal Medicaid help beyond hospitals sailed Tuesday to first-round approval in the Legislature. Those funds then would be continually recycled between those insurers and the state, serving as Nebraska's share of matching funds to unlock more federal money to repay physical health providers for…
