Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don’t have to.
Category: Health Insurance
Knowing where a patient lives is a first step towards addressing the SDOH, but physicians traditionally don’t ask
With value-based care, there are more incentives for providers to take SDOH factors into account, but few have a good handle on it.
They Got Estimates Before Surgery — And A Bill After That Was 50% More
Patients are often told to be smart consumers and shop around for health care before they use it. What happens when people actually take that advice?
They Got Estimates Before Surgery — And A Bill After That Was 50% More
Patients are often told to be smart consumers and shop around for health care before they use it. What happens when people actually take that advice?
‘Locally Grown’ Insurance Companies Help Fortify Washington State Market
The individual insurance market in Washington is dominated by companies that do business only in the Pacific Northwest, and the state’s insurance commissioner credits them with helping keep premium rates lower than in other states.
Thousands of Kaiser Permanente workers to protest on Labor Day in Oakland
The workers are protesting what they see as the healthcare giant’s unfair labor practices.
Physician pay increased in 2018 while productivity remained stagnant
Physician compensation rebounded from a stagnant 2017, but the increase in productivity was negligible.
Medicare Plan Finder gets upgrade for the first time in a decade
The new Plan Finder walks users through the Medicare Advantage and Part D enrollment process from start to finish.
More than twice as many employers than 10 years ago are planning to increase investments in employee health and wellness
Since 2016, the proportion of employers using health-related mobile apps has risen by 46%.
Confusing laws, bad actors among the challenges facing healthcare data safety and patient privacy
The legal and technological picture surrounding data is a muddy one, and the healthcare industry is scrambling to keep up.
