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Unite Us Partners with Healthix and Regional Outreach Networks to Improve Quality of Life for New York City and Long Island Residents

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Unite Us Partners with Healthix and Regional Outreach Networks to Improve Quality of Life for New York City and Long Island Residents

NEW YORK, July 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Unite usthe nation’s leading software company enabling cross-industry collaboration to improve people’s health and well-being, and Healthixthe largest public health information exchange (HIE) in the nation it serves CNY AND Long Island, are collaborating to address the drivers of health (DOH) in partnership with key social care networks … Read more

Transforming everyday health, one app at a time

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Transforming everyday health, one app at a time

Patients, even those with serious conditions, can be empowered to have greater control over their health through a combination of monitoring, awareness and diagnosis along with education, treatment and prevention. With our digital solutions, we can help improve healthcare outcomes for patients, says Timothy Broke-Smith, vice president of global pharmaceutical partnerships at Huma. We accelerate … Read more

Biden takes aim at Trump’s health care policy

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Friday already?! Here’s what we’re looking at as we prepare for lawmakers to return to Washington next week. Biden moves to limit ‘junk insurance’ President Joe Biden on Friday proposed a series of initiatives intended to reduce health care costs, including new restrictions on short-term insurance plans that critics are calling “junk” because they can … Read more

Biden reverses Trump’s expansion of ‘junk’ health care plans.

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President Joe Biden comments on his plan to protect Americans' access to affordable health care in Virginia Beach, Virginia on February 28, 2023.

WASHINGTON President Joe Biden is cracking down on what the White House calls junk health insurance plans, which is less robust, short-term coverage that the Trump administration has expanded as a cheaper alternative to Obamacare plans. Insurance rules set out in the Affordable Care Act, for example, require plans to cover pre-existing conditions. That’s not … Read more

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With Medicaid cuts, can Oklahoma avoid the health disaster?

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Medicaid discontinuation began April 30. Nationwide, as many as 24 million are projected to lose Medicaid coverage, according to estimates by the Kaiser Family Foundation.

More than 300,000 Oklahomans are projected to lose their Medicaid coverage in the next nine months, and increased awareness will be the only way to avert a potential health care catastrophe. This is in addition to the more than 623,000 uninsured in Oklahoma. The state must reduce enrollments in its Medicaid program, known as SoonerCare, … Read more

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HHS’s proposed rule targets “junk” health insurance plans.

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HHS's proposed rule targets "junk" health insurance plans.

Photo: Jose Luis Pelaez Inc/Getty Images Junk health plans are under fire from the Department of Health and Human Services, which pledged this week to protect consumers from such plans, as well as bail out medical bills and overages that lead to medical debt. Advertisment According to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, patients with pre-existing … Read more

California should end this health insurance tactic that delays urgent treatment

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Ocean McIntyre

In summary Many Californians who need urgent health services are often delayed due to an insurance protocol known as prior authorization. A bill in the Legislature could reform prior authorization rules so that it no longer serves as a barrier to essential treatment. Advertisment Guest comment written by Advertisment Ocean McIntyre Ocean McIntyre is a … Read more

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California promises better care for thousands of inmates as they leave prison

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Kaiser health news

California has agreed to improve health care for newly released disabled inmates, including through a series of measures that advocates say will help nearly anyone trying to transition from incarceration. Lawyers representing inmates say adequate assistance during the transition from prison has long been lacking and can lead to homelessness. A recent study found that … Read more

Biden launches new push to limit health care costs hoping to prove he can save money for families

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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a news conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, July 6, 2023. Senior Swedish and Turkish officials arrived at NATO headquarters on Thursday to review Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's objections accession of the Nordic country to the military alliance and to see what more, if anything, could be done to break the deadlock. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

WASHINGTON (AP) President Joe Biden on Friday launched a new set of initiatives to reduce health care costs: a crackdown on scam insurance plans, new guidelines to prevent surprise medical bills, and an effort to reduce medical-related debt to credit cards. Bidens’ remarks will build previous initiatives to limit health care costs, with the Department … Read more

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