This year during open enrollment, 8.4 million consumers enrolled in the federal health insurance exchange for Affordable Care Act coverage, according to final figures released today by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. In comparison, 8.7 million people enrolled last year. THE IMPACT The numbers show a strong interest in ACA coverage, despite the… Read More »
Affordable Care Act enrollment continues to lag during week five of open enrollment. From November 25 through December 1, 773,250 people selected plans compared to 823,180 during week five last year. In total, 3,198,163 people have selected plans through Healthcare.gov, compared to 3,604,440 last year, an 11.2 percent drop. IMPACT Fewer enrollees may mean there… Read More »
In a survey of 20,000 U.S. adults, 46 percent said they sometimes or always feel alone.1 While on the surface this may seem to be a mental health issue, it’s one that’s intricately tied to physical health as well. Increasingly, research is showing that loneliness exacts a significant toll on your health, one that’s equivalent… Read More »
Failure to manage referrals and patient leakage can result in a loss of revenue, and a new Fibroblast survey details the extent to which this is true, with 43 percent of health executives saying their organization is losing more than 10 percent of their revenue to patients going elsewhere for care. Meanwhile, 19 percent of… Read More »
For the first time in decades, researchers have identified a new medication that can successfully treat major depression. An existing oral drug may relieve major depression. Depression affects about 300 million people across the globe, making the condition the “leading cause of ill health and disability worldwide,” according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In… Read More »
Anthem on Wednesday reported net income of $ 960 million for the third quarter, a 29 percent increase over the prior year, being driven, in part, by gains in the Medicare Advantage market. Anthem’s 2019 Medicare Advantage offerings position the company for mid-double digit growth and stable margins, Anthem President and CEO Gail K. Boudreaux… Read More »