by Jordana Choucair | Oct 27, 2022 | Access & Coverage
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that the agency approved Georgia’s and Pennsylvania’s state plans to expand access to 12 months of Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) coverage after pregnancy. Up to an additional...
by Jordana Choucair | Oct 27, 2022 | Payers
Kaiser Family Foundation’s Annual Employer Benefits Survey found that employer-sponsored health insurance premiums stayed relatively stable in 2022, with the average cost of family coverage totaling $22,463. On average, workers on paid $6,106 toward the cost of their...
by Jordana Choucair | Oct 27, 2022 | Payers
CMS informed insurers that the agency must approve all television ads for Medicare Advantage (MA) effective next year. The announcement comes amid complaints about misleading and inaccurate practices and a Senate Finance Committee investigation about how MA plans...
by Jordana Choucair | Oct 27, 2022 | Providers
Walmart Health announced it will open 16 additional health centers in Florida over the next year. The locations are focused in the Jacksonville, Orlando, and Tampa markets and are set to open by the fall of 2023. The health clinics are located next to Walmart’s...
by Jordana Choucair | Oct 26, 2022 | Inequities and SDOH
A new report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) found that enrollment in HealthCare.gov surged for racial groups between 2020 and 2022. Enrollment for Latinos and Blacks increased the most at 53 percent and 49 percent, respectively, followed...
by Jordana Choucair | Oct 26, 2022 | Opioid/Substance Use Disorders
An article in Stat explores how terminology used in the field of addiction medicine is out of sync with that of other specialties and impacts the way health professionals view their patients and provide care. Experts point out that using terms such as “alcoholic” or...
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