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UChicago Medicine contributes to Illinois Transplant Fund

The University of Chicago Medicine has become the first transplant center to contribute to the Illinois Transplant Fund (ITF), a new not-for-profit that provides financial support for organ transplants to qualified uninsured residents of northern and central Illinois and Northwest Indiana.

31 Jul 2015

More work needed to support consumers after enrolling in insurance plan under Affordable Care Act

Enrolling in an insurance plan under the Affordable Care Act is only the first step for consumers to be actively engaged in their health care, according to a new analysis from RAND Corporation researchers.

30 Jul 2015

Despite weight-loss surgery, one in five adolescents still suffers from depression

Teenagers suffering from severe obesity generally feel worse than their peers, but after undergoing gastric bypass nearly all experience improved mental health.

30 Jul 2015

New white paper provides overview of factors that drive vaccination underutilization in older adults

Today the nonprofit Alliance for Aging Research released a white paper, Our Best Shot: Expanding Prevention through Vaccination in Older Adults, that provides a comprehensive overview of the factors that drive vaccination underutilization in seniors and offers recommendations on how industry, government, and health care experts can improve patient compliance.

30 Jul 2015

Centene reports strong financial results for Q2 2015

Centene Corporation today announced its financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2015. The following discussions, with the exception of cash flow information, are in the context of continuing operations.

28 Jul 2015

Healthfirst notifies data privacy incident

Healthfirst, 100 Church Street, New York, New York 10007, is notifying approximately 5300 affected members and past members that their personal information may have been compromised in the course of a criminal fraud scheme perpetrated against Healthfirst. Social Security numbers and credit card information were not affected.

25 Jul 2015

Availability of primary care appointments improves for people with Medicaid in Michigan

Getting access to health insurance, and getting access to a doctor, are two very different things. But a new University of Michigan study suggests that the two have gone hand-in-hand in the state of Michigan, despite a rapid influx of hundreds of thousands of newly insured people under the state's expansion of Medicaid.

23 Jul 2015

State healthcare regulations linked to late-stage cancer diagnoses

States' regulations of health insurance and practitioners significantly influence when patients receive colorectal or breast cancer diagnoses, especially among people younger than the Medicare-eligible age of 65, according to a new study by researchers at Georgia State University's School of Public Health and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

21 Jul 2015

Managing Director of Messe Düsseldorf issues statement on upcoming MEDICA 2015

To get to the top is difficult; to stay at the top is even more difficult. Every athlete knows that and this also applies to the trade show business.

21 Jul 2015

Limelight Health secures $3 million in Series A funding from MassMutual Ventures

Limelight Health, provider of mobile enterprise technology for the health insurance industry, announced today it has received $3 million in Series A funding from MassMutual Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, and AXA Strategic Ventures.

20 Jul 2015

NAM report calls for strengthening psychosocial interventions for mental health, substance use disorders

A plan to ensure that evidence-based psychosocial interventions are routinely used in clinical practice and made a part of clinical training for mental health professionals was released today by the National Academy of Medicine.

15 Jul 2015

U-M Medical School researchers compare reality and rhetoric of two health plans

Few people today would dare call President Richard Nixon a radical liberal. But 44 years ago, he proposed a health plan that went far beyond what today's Affordable Care Act includes. After the first plan failed, he did it again three years later.

13 Jul 2015

Out-of-pocket expenses for oral contraceptive pills, IUD decrease since the ACA took effect: Study

Average out-of-pocket spending for oral contraceptive pills and the intrauterine device (IUD), the two most common forms of contraception for women, has decreased significantly since the Affordable Care Act (ACA) took effect.

8 Jul 2015

Centene to acquire Health Net shares for approximately $6.8 billion

Centene Corporation and Health Net, Inc. announced that the Boards of Directors of both companies have unanimously approved a definitive agreement under which Centene will acquire all of the shares of Health Net in a cash and stock transaction valued at approximately $6.8 billion, including the assumption of approximately $500 million of debt.

2 Jul 2015

Rice University study reveals that gays, lesbians and heterosexuals have better health than bisexuals

Bisexual males and females report poorer health than gays, lesbians and heterosexuals, according to a new study from sociologists at Rice University.

1 Jul 2015

Flex reveals employers' current usage and future impact of ACA

Today, Flexible Benefit Service Corporation, a leading benefits administrator publicly released its first FSA, HSA & HRA Report: Trends & Predictions. The report, which was based on a nationwide survey on these Consumer-Driven Accounts, reveals employers' current usage and future impacts as the Affordable Care Act continues to be implemented and market conditions change.

29 Jun 2015

Health Insurance News and Research

UChicago Medicine contributes to Illinois Transplant Fund

More work needed to support consumers after enrolling in insurance plan under Affordable Care Act

Despite weight-loss surgery, one in five adolescents still suffers from depression

New white paper provides overview of factors that drive vaccination underutilization in older adults

Centene reports strong financial results for Q2 2015

Healthfirst notifies data privacy incident

Availability of primary care appointments improves for people with Medicaid in Michigan

State healthcare regulations linked to late-stage cancer diagnoses

Managing Director of Messe Düsseldorf issues statement on upcoming MEDICA 2015

Limelight Health secures $3 million in Series A funding from MassMutual Ventures

NAM report calls for strengthening psychosocial interventions for mental health, substance use disorders

U-M Medical School researchers compare reality and rhetoric of two health plans

Out-of-pocket expenses for oral contraceptive pills, IUD decrease since the ACA took effect: Study

Centene to acquire Health Net shares for approximately $6.8 billion

Rice University study reveals that gays, lesbians and heterosexuals have better health than bisexuals

Flex reveals employers' current usage and future impact of ACA

Study identifies effective market research approaches for understanding payer decision-making

ASTRO appreciates Supreme Court's decision to uphold consumer tax credits under the ACA

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AMGA appreciates Supreme Court's decision on King v. Burwell case

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