Just 8 percent of U.S. adults ages 35-plus receive all the high-priority preventive care their providers recommend for them, a study published in Health Affairs found.
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Several healthcare organizations recently shuttered medical units or terminated services to shore up finances, focus on more in-demand services or improve patient care.
The number of frequent emergency department users, or those who visit the ED at least four times a year, increased in California after the ACA took effect, according to a recent study published in Health Affairs.
Only 35 percent of Americans could list all of their prescription details, including dosage, if they had to evacuate their homes suddenly, according to a national poll on disaster response and preparedness.
Montana has highest rate of suicides among U.S. states, with 26 per 100,000 individuals, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation report.
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An in-network contract between Mishawaka, Ind.-based Saint Joseph Health System and Anthem is slated to expire June 30 unless the organizations can negotiate a new agreement, according to the South Bend Tribune.
Suicide rates climbed 25.4 percent nationwide from 1999 to 2016, according to a report released June 7 by the CDC.
Since the beginning of 2018, 22 payer-provider health insurance products have been launched, with 73 percent of them being a co-branded joint venture insurance policy, according an Oliver Wyman Health analysis.
The husband of fashion designer Kate Spade said in a statement the 55-year-old designer's death by apparent suicide June 5 may have resulted from her ongoing struggle with mental illness.
St. Louis-based Ascension subsidiary St. Vincent, located in Indianapolis, now has an in-network arrangement with Anthem for its microhospitals, according to WFYI Indianapolis.