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Experts: Few people medically exempt from getting COVID-19 vaccine

As companies continue to ramp up vaccine mandates to combat the contagious delta variant, some institutions are giving employees a chance to opt-out of getting the vaccine if they have a medical exemption. However, medical experts who...

source: ABC News

Justice Department targets data mining in Medicare Advantage fraud case

The Justice Department has accused an upstate New York health insurance plan for seniors and its medical analytics company of cheating the government out of tens of millions of dollars. The civil complaint of fraud, filed late Monday,...

source: Kaiser Health News

Blue Cross NC, UNC Health team on study to improve food security, chronic health

There are numerous issues that can cause food insecurity, ranging from high medical costs to social isolation, and one major insurer has set aside funding for a large-scale clinical study it hopes will help to address food insecurity among its at-risk members.

source: Healthcare Finance News

Alaska telehealth bill would ban COVID-19 vaccine requirements

A bill advanced out of the Alaska Senate this past week would expand access to telehealth throughout the state, but would also prohibit businesses, state agencies and local governments from requiring a COVID-19 vaccination to access public...

source: Healthcare IT News

Life insurance activity returns to year-over-year growth, MIB reports

U.S. life insurance application activity returned to growth in August 2021 compared to August 2020 with year-over-year activity up 5.5%, MIB reports. While year-over-year comparisons are impacted by fluctuations in 2020 activity due...

source: Insurance News Net

Democrats suffer blow on drug pricing as 3 moderates buck party

Democrats' signature legislation to lower drug prices was defeated in a House committee on Wednesday as three moderate Democrats voted against their party. Reps. Kurt Schrader (D-Ore.), Scott Peters (D-Calif.), and Kathleen Rice (D-N.Y.)...

source: The Hill

CDC: Number of states with high obesity rate nearly doubles since 2018

The number of states with an obesity rate of at least 35% has nearly doubled in two years, with continuing racial and ethnic disparities, according to research released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Sixteen...

source: The Hill

4 considerations for patient data access, patient data requests

Understanding legislative requirements, the cost of issuing patient data access, and streamlining provider workflows for records releases are key to facilitating and meeting patient data requests, according to a literature review published in the Journal of AHIMA.

source: Patient Engagement HIT

Telehealth leveling off at 20% or less of all appointments: 5 things to know

More than a year after most hospitals and health systems ended their COVID-19 shutdowns of nonemergency care, the use of telehealth for medical appointments is settling in near 20% or less of all visits, the Center for Connected Medicine reported.

source: Becker's Hospital Review

Georgia eyes new Medicaid contract. But how is the state managing managed care?

Just before Frank Berry left his job as head of Georgia's Medicaid agency this summer, he said the state "will be looking for the best bang for the buck" in its upcoming contract with private insurers to cover the state's most vulnerable.

source: Kaiser Health News

KFF: Systemwide costs of preventable COVID-19 hospitalizations nearly tripled to $5.7 billion in August

The U.S. healthcare system has spent roughly $5.7 billion through August treating COVID-19 hospitalizations that could have been prevented with vaccines, according to new Kaiser Family Foundation estimates. The...

source: Fierce Healthcare

Americans are dying because no hospital will take them

During the current delta-driven COVID-19 wave, Americans are being transported hundreds of miles from their homes because no nearby hospital has room for them. Some of them have even died waiting for medical attention.

source: Vox

Census: Insured population holds steady, with a slight shift from private to public coverage

Despite a pandemic-fueled recession, the number of uninsured Americans has increased only slightly since 2018, according to Census Bureau health insurance data.

source: Kaiser Health News

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Experts: Few people medically exempt from getting COVID-19 vaccine

Justice Department targets data mining in Medicare Advantage fraud case

Blue Cross NC, UNC Health team on study to improve food security, chronic health

Alaska telehealth bill would ban COVID-19 vaccine requirements

Life insurance activity returns to year-over-year growth, MIB reports

Democrats suffer blow on drug pricing as 3 moderates buck party

CDC: Number of states with high obesity rate nearly doubles since 2018

4 considerations for patient data access, patient data requests

Telehealth leveling off at 20% or less of all appointments: 5 things to know

Georgia eyes new Medicaid contract. But how is the state managing managed care?

KFF: Systemwide costs of preventable COVID-19 hospitalizations nearly tripled to $5.7 billion in August

Americans are dying because no hospital will take them

Census: Insured population holds steady, with a slight shift from private to public coverage

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