United Health inks Medicare Advantage deal with Walmart

United Health inks Medicare Advantage deal with Walmart

Walmart will provide preventive care services to UnitedHealth Group Medicare Advantage customers under a 10-year deal the companies announced Wednesday.  UnitedHealth Group subsidiary Optum’s data and analytics tools will guide Walmart Health clinicians to provide value-based care for Medicare beneficiaries, according to the companies. The initiative will begin in January at 15 Walmart Health locations in Florida and Georgia before expanding elsewhere, and the partners […]

Physician groups urge CMS to prevent payment cuts, protect telehealth

Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: The American Medical Association, in comments Tuesday on Medicare’s proposed Physician Fee Schedule for fiscal 2023, urged the CMS to reform and strengthen the program’s payment system, warning it is on an “unsustainable path” that jeopardizes patient access to care. […]

Seriously, Flu Could Be Bad This Year

Seriously, Flu Could Be Bad This Year

Sometime in the spring of 2020, after centuries, perhaps millennia, of tumultuous coexistence with humans, influenza abruptly went dark. Around the globe, documented cases of the viral infection completely cratered as the world tried to counteract SARS-CoV-2. This time last year, American experts began to fret that the flu’s unprecedented sabbatical was too bizarre to last: Perhaps the group of […]

Vaccine Myocarditis Update

Vaccine Myocarditis Update

BY ANISH KOKA The European Medicines Agency decided on July 19, 2021 that myocarditis and pericarditis be added to the list of adverse effects of both messenger RNA (mRNA) based vaccines (BNT162b2 [Pfizer-BioNTech] and mrna-1273 [Moderna]) against COVID-19. This advice was based on numerous reports of myocarditis that followed a clinical pattern that strongly suggested a causal link between these […]

7 Best Enzyme Face Masks That Work Great for Every Skin Type

7 Best Enzyme Face Masks That Work Great for Every Skin Type

Ana Vasilescu Ana is a sociologist and feminist with a shared passion for literature, psychology, and skincare, the combo that made her determined to start Women’s Concepts. With over five years of experience in dermatological research, she has now become a certified skincare consultant keen to convince others of the importance of a diligent routine. Her close relationships with dermatologists […]

About 1 in 4 young adults getting mental health care: CDC

About 1 in 4 young adults getting mental health care: CDC

Almost a quarter of all young adults received mental health care treatment last year, according to recently released data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).  The number of adults aged 18 to 44 who received mental health care in the past 12 months saw the biggest increase from 2019, rising from 18.5 percent to 23.2 percent. The […]

What Is Sleep Hygiene + 9 Rules To Follow To Fight Insomnia

What Is Sleep Hygiene + 9 Rules To Follow To Fight Insomnia

When we talk about “sleep hygiene,” we mean a series of rules and behaviors that you should adopt to promote a quality night’s rest, which can also be very useful for combating insomnia. Education in good sleep hygiene is recommended to treat disorders affecting both falling asleep and maintaining sleep. It will therefore come as no surprise to know that […]