Is expanding Medicaid coverage feasible and beneficial? That is the question many states have been asking themselves since 2014, when the government extended eligibility to low income adults up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level.
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Florida has fined health insurer Humana $500,000, according to Insider Louisville. The problem? Humana reportedly did not cooperate with an investigation of its alleged discrimination against HIV/AIDS patients.
From 2013 to 2014, the number of uninsured children did not significantly rise in any state — in fact, the percentage of uninsured children dropped in 23 states, according to HealthDay News.
Although 12.7 million people signed up for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act in 2016, tens of millions of individuals are still going without healthcare coverage, according to The Hill.
DiversityBusiness.com named the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association one of "America's Top 50 Organizations for Multicultural Business Opportunities" for 2016.
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Many health insurers and employers have begun giving women incentives to get mammograms each year, but research suggests doing so may be unnecessary, according to The New York Times.
Eagan-based Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota has raised over $1 million for Minneapolis-based Learn to Live, according to the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal.
Since the term "population health" was coined by David Kindig, MD, PhD, and Greg Stoddart, PhD, in 2003, there has been so much discussion about what it means in regards to healthcare delivery that the buzzword has become something of…
In an effort to improve patients' health and save money, health insurers have begun paying data miners to unearth patients' personal information, according to STAT.
Henry Schein, Inc. recently announced that the Alpha Omega-Henry Schein Cares Holocaust Survivor Oral Health Program has received The Blue Card's Max L. Heine Humanitarian Award.