Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina is joining forces with Headway, a mental health company that works with insurers to deliver behavioral healthcare, to address what it sees as a serious problem: A shortage of mental health professionals in the state. BCBS said the partnership will make it easier for Blue Cross NC […]
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti signed an ordinance into law that raises the minimum wage for healthcare workers to $25 per hour at eligible private healthcare facilities.
Just days after the Biden Administration advised providers that abortions are protected under the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, the Department of Health and Human Services has released guidance saying that as recipients of federal financial assistance – incl
Digital health and patient expert Birgit Bauer discusses the core aspects of the Gravitate Health project and her role in the project’s user advisory group.
Beginning this week, Mayo Clinic Laboratories will begin testing for monkeypox using the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s orthopoxvirus test, which detects most non-smallpox related orthopoxviruses, including monkeypox.
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti signed an ordinance into law which raises the minimum wage for healthcare workers to $25 per hour at eligible private healthcare facilities.
UnitedHealth Group’s provider arm, Optum Health, has teamed up with Red Ventures on a new consumer health-focused joint venture, RVO Health, which among other things includes doctor ratings through Healthgrades. Red Ventures is a portfolio of bands that includes Healthgrades, Healthline Media, Optum Perks and Optum Store, as well as virtual coaching programs. Those will […]
In order to help discriminated groups and reduce health disparities, key stakeholders must show “amazing leadership and be incredibly brave,” in helping disadvantaged groups and reducing disparity in healthcare, according to Steve Gilbert, a serious mental illness living experience consultant and anti-racism advisor.
The American Medical Association has criticized the new Medicare payment schedule proposed rule released last week by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, saying it fails to account for inflation in practice costs and “COVID-19-related challenges to practice sustainability.”
There is a low risk of transmission of monkeypox in healthcare settings, according to a June study published in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology.