Health insurance companies and states would also have to publicly disclose their denial rates for meds. Meanwhile, Medicare enrollees will soon have access to a digital health record system, enabling ...

Lungs have been found to release protein particles that the covid virus needs to enter healthy cells. Those particles move throughout the body, expanding the number of cells the virus can infect and ...

Stat reports that some health systems are trying to find a way to reach the huge proportion of people turning to AI for health care questions. Also: ER workers weigh in on nine things "The Pitt" gets ...

There are no national standards for schools regarding heat safety. Until there are federal regulations in place, schools will continue to be constrained by their budgets. Also: red light therapy; ...

Inspectors aren't finding evidence of widespread fraud, state Medicaid director John Connolly said, adding the revalidation process of more than 5,000 providers should be completed by the end of May.

When the only clinic that offered abortions in Michigan’s rural Upper Peninsula closed, an urgent care facility stepped in to ...

Montana was on track to start reimbursing doulas, who support new and expectant parents, through Medicaid this year. But ...

The administration is asking insurers that cover federal employees and retirees to hand over details about their medical ...

KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner recently made the radio rounds to discuss topical stories. Here’s ...

This year, executives from nearly every major health insurance company made the same declaration in calls with Wall Street analysts: Using artificial intelligence to make coverage decisions would help ...

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