by Medical Xpress | Apr 21, 2020 | Health Insurance, Hospitals, News
aldomurillo/E+, Getty Images People living with diabetes are twice as likely to die from cardiovascular diseases such as heart failure, heart attack and stroke. While it’s not a new statistic, it does resonate in Hispanic and Asian communities in the United...
by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc | Dec 27, 2019 | News, Health Insurance
A new study shows that among a set of disadvantaged women, Medicaid managed care reduces the women’s access to high-quality hospital services during pregnancy and delivery and was associated with worse birth outcomes, worse prenatal care, and a higher risk of...
by Matt Marshall | Nov 8, 2019 | Health Insurance
Sana Benefits, an Austin company that wants to disrupt the health care insurance industry with more efficient software, said it has raised $6.3 million in seed funding. The company joins a raft of upstarts remaking a notoriously inefficient health care system. These...
by Les Masterson | Oct 4, 2018 | Health Insurance
US Employer-based health insurance premiums, deductibles rise Dive Brief: The average annual single-coverage premium for employer-based health insurance increased 4.4% to $6,368 in 2017 and family coverage premiums rose 5.5% to $18,687, according to a new State Health...
by Caroline Humer and Divya Grover | Oct 20, 2017 | Health Insurance, Pharmaceutical
(Reuters) – Health insurer Anthem Inc will start managing its billions of dollars of patient prescriptions itself in 2020, it said on Wednesday, ending a deal with Express Scripts Holding Co that had deteriorated into lawsuits over terms. Anthem said it would...
