Pitfalls Emerge in Health Insurance Renewals
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Automatically renewing your Obamacare policy could cost you thousands.
A one-year pilot project in Gosnold, Mass., provides recovering addicts with daily, sometimes hourly, help from a recovery coach.
The aerospace giant is teaming with accountable care organizations to save themselves money by taking the "middle men" -- insurers -- out of their health care equation.
With many of their patients now insured under the law, most W. Va. free clinics are choosing to get paid by Medicaid.
Most employee wellness plans have few participants and little effect on health care costs. A program in King County, Washington, is an exception.
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The powerful California Nurses Association is threatening to strike as it begins negotiations with Kaiser Permanente on a new four-year contract.
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Many are encouraging the use of less-costly regimens and paying the same for drugs, whether they're given in hospital outpatient settings or doctors' offices.
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The former White House adviser talks about his new book and some of his surprising predictions about health care in the next decade and beyond.
Before assessing penalties, Medicare assesses rates of infection among patients with catheters in major veins and in the bladder and eight other patient injuries, such as blood clots, bed sores and accidental falls.
Obamacare seemed like the perfect solution for the Robinson family in Dallas, Texas, until they tried to find an obstetrician who took the plan.
Advocates say that the option will provide more flexibility for students who are eligible for the state-federal health program for low-income people.
While a growing number of states are contracting with managed care companies to manage their Medicaid programs, there are still questions about cost savings and quality.
Some say early concerns were exaggerated, though late enrollment and Medicaid problems also have cut demand.
Among those who are worried are agencies that provide adult foster care for people who can't live on their own, because of severe mental illness or developmental disabilities.
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