ChatGPT summary of Congressional Testimony on “Innovation and Patient Access”
On May 10, the House Ways and Means Committee held a hearing on “Examining Policies that Inhibit Innovation and Patient...
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Estafas a Medicare con pruebas para covid pueden generar otros fraudes
La cobertura de Medicare para las pruebas caseras de covid-19 finalizó hace pocos días, pero las estafas generadas por este...
Thousands Face Medicaid Whiplash in South Dakota and North Carolina
Arielle Zionts Until recently, Jonathon Murray relied on Medicaid to pay for treatments for multiple health conditions, including chronic insomnia....
A Covid Test Medicare Scam May Be a Trial Run for Further Fraud
Susan Jaffe Medicare coverage for at-home covid-19 tests ended last week, but the scams spawned by the temporary pandemic benefit...
ADHD medication shortage: 6 ways to cope
It seems like every other week there is a new shortage. Toilet paper (doesn’t that feel like ages ago?), baby...
Meaningful Conversations About Mental Health
Half of all Americans will be diagnosed with a mental illness at some point in their lives. But many people...
More Than a Website: Should the Federal Government Establish Additional Minimum Standards for the ACA’s Health Insurance Marketplaces?
By Sabrina Corlette, Rachel Swindle, and Rachel Schwab The Affordable Care Act (ACA) established health insurance Marketplaces (or “Exchanges”) to...
Let’s Take a Deep Breath and Talk About Asthma
In my work as the manager of the Maternity and Pediatric program at Independence Blue Cross (Independence), I’ve noticed an...
Types of propensity score matching
Summarized from a nice review paper by Basu, Unuigbe and Masseria (2023). Stratifying by Quintiles...
The Health Plan Price Transparency Data Files Are a Mess – States Can Help Make Them Better*
Spring heralds the start of rate review season: that time of year when state departments of insurance assess health insurers’...
