A new trend is giving a break to breastfeeding sports fans. Lactation stations have started popping up in sports spaces: basketball arenas and baseball and football stadiums.
Category: Modern Healthcare
Up & Comers 2018: What’s past is prologue for the next generation of leaders
Where there’s a need, there’s an Up & Comer. Whether it’s lifesaving operations or trouble obtaining insurance, the delivery system plays a dramatic role in people’s lives. This rings true for this year’s class of dynamic young leaders.
Pennsylvania health insurers to end MAT prior authorizations
Health insurers in Pennsylvania pledged to remove advanced approval requirements for prescribing medication-assisted treatment for substance use disorder. Advocates expect the move could expand access to thousands throughout the state.
Tight Iowa congressional races key on pre-existing condition protections
The battle over pre-existing condition protections has become particularly heated in two toss-up House races in Iowa, even as unregulated Farm Bureau health plans that can use medical underwriting will go on sale Nov. 1.
Eight hospitals evacuate patients in wake of Hurricane Michael
Eight hospitals have evacuated patients in the wake of Hurricane Michael, although five of those remain open for emergency patients. HCA Healthcare and Universal Health Services are among those transferring patients out of damaged facilities.
Spartanburg, S.C., health system buying competitor from CHS
If Community Health Systems’ planned divestiture goes through, two acute-care hospitals in Spartanburg, S.C., will have the same owner.
Mental health stigma dissipates, but cost and coverage barriers remain
More than half of Americans want mental health services either for themselves or for a loved one, but about three-quarters said there are access issues, especially cost or poor insurance coverage, according to a new survey.
Traditional Medicare premiums and deductibles to rise in 2019
Ahead of Medicare open enrollment, the CMS said seniors enrolled in traditional Medicare will pay slightly higher premiums and deductibles in 2019.
Aetna, NJ settle over improperly disclosed patient info
New Jersey’s attorney general says insurance giant Aetna has agreed to pay a $365,000 fine for violating the privacy of thousands of policyholders in the state in two separate mailings.
Home health agencies to get reprieve from prior authorization model
Home Health agencies that participated in an abandoned prior authorization model will get less scrutiny under an upcoming revamped version of the effort, according to the CMS.
