AARP announced an expanded and innovative relationship with UnitedHealth Group and a new relationship with Aetna, to help provide unique health insurance plans designed to meet the needs of AARP’s diverse 38 million members and others 50+.
Researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) found that patients who received a later stage cancer diagnosis were likely to be living in an unsafe neighborhood, using public transportation and traveling at least 45 minutes to get to a doctor’s office.
Today, AARP endorsed the Part D Equity for Low-Income Seniors Act, introduced by U.S. Senators Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) and Gordon Smith (R-OR), that would help people with limited incomes on Medicare get the prescription drugs they need.
By combining two techniques, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and near-infrared optics, researchers at Dartmouth College and Dartmouth Medical School may have devised a new, potentially more accurate method for diagnosing breast cancer.
?Medical indemnity premiums have fallen for the third year in a row meaning professional cover remains both available and affordable for doctors,? Minister for Revenue and Assistant Treasurer, Peter Dutton, said.
In the first published nationwide survey of state Medicaid programs on “pay-for-performance” practices, more than half of all programs state that they provide financial incentives to health care providers for better quality care.
Consumers enduring double-digit health insurance increases joined Assemblyman Dave Jones (D-Sacramento) and consumer advocates today to support Jones’ legislation requiring HMOs and health insurers to justify their rates and get approval for increases.
One in three ovarian cancer patients in the U.S. fails to receive the recommended comprehensive surgical treatment.
The Hamilton Project, an initiative at the Brookings Institution, hosted a forum, “Health Care Reconsidered: Options for Change,” today at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. At the event, policy papers on reforming Medicare Part “D” (including closing the “donut hole” gap in prescription drug coverage), improving preventive care and promoting greater affordability through progressive cost-sharing were released by The Hamilton Project.
A first-of-its-kind report looking at the prevalence and cost of type 2 diabetes complications shows that an estimated three out of five people (57.9 percent) with type 2 diabetes have at least one of the other serious health problems commonly associated with the disease, and that these health problems are taking a heavy financial toll on the United States.