Consumer / Employer
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Report: Annual Family Premiums for Employer Coverage Increase 7%
Annual family premiums for employer-sponsored coverage reached $23,968 in 2023, according to a new KFF survey. Of that family premium total, workers are contributing $6,575 annually.
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Consumer / Employer, Health Tech
Amazon Starts Delivering Medications via Drone
Amazon Pharmacy is now offering a drone delivery service for prescription medications in College Station, Texas. The service is free and allows patients to receive their medications within 60 minutes.
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Payer’s Place: Dawn Maroney
Dawn Maroney, President, Markets of Alignment Health and CEO of Alignment Health Plan, to discuss how they are using technology to provide better service and care to consumers.
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Obesity Care Startup Launches With $3M in Funding
Ilant Health launched out of stealth Tuesday. The company serves employers and payers and helps identify patients in need of obesity treatment and matches them to the care best for them.
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Can Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy Be Used for Prevention?
Psychedelic-assisted therapy is currently used to treat severe mental health conditions. But there is evidence it could help with prevention as well, and more research needs to be done on this, said Sherry Rais, CEO and co-founder of Enthea.
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Microsoft’s Healthcare AI Efforts Holds Huge Promise for Patients
In a preview before the official announcement at HLTH last week, Microsoft executives and its hospital customers shared use cases of how its suite of AI tools can be used by health systems to improve healthcare delivery and alleviate provider burnout.
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4 Trends Impacting the Patient Payment Experience
Patients are looking for a quick, seamless and simple payment experience from their medical providers.Here are four trends to follow that are impacting the patient payment experience today.
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Artificial Intelligence, Consumer / Employer, Health Tech, Payers, Startups
11 HLTH Announcements You Don’t Want to Miss
This year’s HLTH conference brought a bevy of news announcements — from partnerships to new product features to acquisitions and more. In this list, MedCity News compiled short summaries for 11 of the conference’s most notable announcements.
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Artificial Intelligence, Consumer / Employer, Health Tech, Hospitals, Patient Engagement, Startups
7 Hot Takes I Heard at HLTH
At HLTH 2023, I had dozens of conversations with providers, digital health investors, startup CEOs and other players in the healthcare industry. When I got home, I compiled seven refreshingly honest takes I heard from them while at the conference.
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MedCity FemFwd Podcast: SCAN Inspired With Nancy Monk, Chief Operations Officer of SCAN Health Plan
In this episode, we discuss SCAN Health Plan’s recent launch of SCAN Inspired, a Medicare Advantage plan designed for women.
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Jorie Healthcare CEO Shares Why Automation is Critical to Revenue Cycle Management
The revenue cycle management business is using AI tools to automate cumbersome tasks to help hospitals operate more efficiently. It’s beginning to attract the attention of major healthcare organizations.
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Consumer / Employer, Employee Benefits
Walmart: Included Health Has Proved Its Value to Our Virtual Primary Care Program
Walmart’s relationship with Included Health dates back to 2016 when its previous incarnation – Doctor on Demand – began providing virtual urgent care services to Walmart employees in three states. Nearly eight years later, the San Francisco company continues to be the only partner charged with delivering virtual primary care to almost 1 million people in 49 states.
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Consumer / Employer, Health Tech
Noom Offers Clinical Obesity Management Platform to Employers
Noom is now offering Noom Med to employers. The program is intended for patients who need more clinical support in their weight loss journey. It offers access to a clinician and medications, including GLP-1s.
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Mercer Exec: Employers Are Extremely Concerned About Cost
Cancer and pharmacy services are driving up costs for employers. One Mercer exec recently laid out several recommendations for employers to manage these costs.
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How AI Can Fix the Broken Clinical Trial Process
By combining AI with human expertise and oversight, we have the potential to revolutionize the clinical trial process—and most importantly, extend and save lives.
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CVS Exec: We’re Going To Find Out if Blue Shield of California’s New Drug Model Will Lower Costs
Blue Shield of California recently switched up its pharmacy benefit model by distributing responsibilities to several different vendors. The model has the potential to increase drug costs, but it remains to be seen, according to Creagh Milford, SVP of retail health at CVS Health.
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Supporting Aging Populations and Their Caregivers
The world is slowly aging, and by 2060, around 94.7 million older adults will be in the U.S. Without the proper care tactics in place, healthcare providers risk losing people at an earlier age and burning out family caregivers.
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Navigating Healthcare’s Data Revolution: Priorities, Opportunities, and Challenges for Health Systems
Arcadia recently partnered with HIMSS Market Insights to survey executives, IT, technology, and clinical leaders. Here’s what we found.
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Applying Remote Patient Monitoring to Surgery Prep and Recovery, Oncology and Women’s Health
Join us to learn about the latest trends in remote monitoring and how to extend its benefits beyond chronic conditions to more patients – all while using fewer staff resources.
