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The state of Georgia is suing HHS after the agency implemented changes that removed a requirement for Medicaid beneficiaries to work in order to be eligible for coverage, Bloomberg reported Jan. 21.
Health insurers are covering between 61 percent and 74 percent of the costs of ivermectin, a treatment for parasites in humans and animals, despite guidance from the FDA that it should not be used to treat COVID-19.
Health New England is expanding federally mandated coverage of at-home COVID-19 tests to include its Medicare Advantage members.
Health New England is expanding federally mandated coverage of at-home COVID-19 tests to include its Medicare Advantage members.
Health insurers are covering between 61 percent and 74 percent of the costs of ivermectin, a treatment for parasites in humans and animals, despite guidance from the FDA that it should not be used to treat COVID-19.
The state of Georgia is suing HHS after the agency implemented changes that removed a requirement for Medicaid beneficiaries to work in order to be eligible for coverage, Bloomberg reported Jan. 21.
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield named Robert Bunch president Jan. 20, but the move comes as the payer potentially faces a new opponent in its legal battle against Atlanta-based Northside Hospital System, according to 11Alive.
The coverage gaps created by the Biden administration's at-home COVID-19 test coverage guidelines doesn't solve barriers for a population that faces already-increased risks: Medicare beneficiaries, according to a Jan. 24 Kaiser Health News report.
The widespread adoption of telehealth is what UnitedHealth Group CMO Margaret-Mary Wilson, MD, calls "one of the most dramatic changes" in healthcare, but the next step is using that development to drive health equity.