Since 2006, the role of Medicare Advantage, the private plan alternative to traditional Medicare, has steadily grown. In 2022, more than 28 million people are enrolled in a Medicare Advantage plan, accounting for nearly half or 48 percent of the eligible Medicare population, and $427 billion (or 55%) of total federal Medicare spending (net of premiums). The average Medicare beneficiary […]
On Wednesday, Amazon confirmed that it is shutting down Amazon Care and Care Medical that were at the heart of its employer-sponsored hybrid primary and urgent care business. The business dates back to 2019 when the e-commerce giant decided to begin offering its own employees virtual clinics 24/7. Later, Amazon expanded the in-person and telehealth platform to employers and workers […]
People continue to get “surprise medical bills” for unknowingly being treated by providers outside of their health insurance network even after Congress passed a law banning this. On Friday, the Department of Labor, Department of the Treasury and Department of Health and Human Services took steps that is expected to prevent consumers from receiving them at all. It issued final […]
A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked Idaho’s abortion ban from taking effect, ruling that it conflicts with federal law. US District Judge B. Lynn Winmill wrote the state’s near total ban on abortions violates the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA), a law that requires providers to offer medically stabilizing treatment in an emergency, even if that […]
This is what space sounds like. Or at least the sound a supermassive black hole makes. It’s cool, in a terrifying kind of way. Today in health news, a House panel report details the pressure put on the FDA by the Trump administration to reauthorize hydroxychloroquine and speed up authorization of the first COVID-19 vaccines, in time for the 2020 election. […]
Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) is shutting down Amazon Care, the virtual and in-home care service that it first began rolling out to its own employees in 2019. Once considered the brand that would either help along or significantly disrupt the home-based care space, Amazon Care had initially planned to roll its services out to 20 additional cities by the end of […]
Amazon plans to shut down Amazon Care, the medical care service it sells to employer health plans, at the end of the year. “We’ve determined that Amazon Care isn’t the right long-term solution for our enterprise customers, and have decided that we will no longer offer Amazon Care after December 31, 2022,” Neil Lindsay, senior vice president of Amazon Health Services, wrote […]
As an HHCN+ member, your ticket to FUTURE in New York City on September 15 is 25% off. Use the promo code ‘HHCN+’ at checkout. Buy tickets today! Whether it’s home health, personal or in-home primary care, many home-based care advocacy groups and trade associations have been able to establish their organizations as champions of a particular lane. It’s upon […]
Top Trump administration officials pressured the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to reauthorize the discredited COVID-19 treatment hydroxychloroquine, and to speed up the release of the first COVID-19 vaccines, according to a new report Democrats on the House select coronavirus subcommittee released Wednesday. Emails, text messages and testimony obtained by the committee show the Trump White House “exerted extreme and […]
INVEST Digital Health is returning to in-person once again, this time we’re in Dallas, TX thanks to our partner, Health Wildcatters. One of the most anticipated events throughout the day is the Pitch Perfect contest. This year the pitch will highlights startups that are shaking up the employee benefits space. And they are: Each company will present to a group […]