Those who experience long Covid are more likely to battle cardiovascular and pulmonary conditions and face mortality, a new study shows.
The study, published last week in JAMA Health Forum, was conducted by researchers at…
Now that 2023 is underway, key trends are emerging that will shape the healthcare landscape against an uncertain economic backdrop and lingering pandemic-related challenges. For payers and providers, inflation and other economic woes are…
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About three in five employees experienced negative impacts from work-related stress in 2021. Yet, half of workers aren’t able to access support, or don’t know of mental health resources within their company.
Care navigation company…
Results from a recent study conducted by OSF Healthcare and Bradley University show that expanding Medicaid to more people hasn’t increased underserved populations’ access to healthcare as much as lawmakers have hoped.
The study analyzed…
About 10% of women say they or their partners have required medical support to become pregnant, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. But with a lack of insurance coverage, fertility treatment — which can…
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Most new moms experience the “baby blues.” But some struggle with far worse. Peripartum depression (an inclusive term that includes postpartum depression) is defined by Johns Hopkins Guides as a “major depressive episode” that…
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Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program is expected to have nearly 95 million enrollees by the end of March, representing an increase of 23.3 million enrollees since the start of the pandemic, a…
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On April 1, the regular renewal process for Medicaid will return. But after about three years of not having to renew coverage, 64.3% of Americans are unaware that redeterminations will start up again, a…
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Pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) are being targeted yet again by the government. James Comer (R-Ky), House Committee on Oversight and Accountability chairman, launched an investigation Wednesday into PBMs and their “tactics that are harming…
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The biggest threats employers are facing right now include high-cost pharmacy claims, medical inflation and million dollar treatments being approved by the Food and Drug Administration, a Wednesday survey found.
The report was conducted by…
