Insurance
Changing lanes: Combating burnout, career pivots, ‘career insurance’ & negotiations
On this episode, Cathleen McCabe, MD, and Laura Enyedi, MD, chat with guest Cynthia Pong, JD, about combating burnout, changing up careers, ‘career insurance’ and how to negotiate your contract successfully.
Insurers reject up to one-third of new specialty oral blood cancer prescriptions
SAN DIEGO — Insurers rejected one-third of new prescriptions for specialty oral anticancer medications ordered for patients with blood cancers, according to retrospective data presented at ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition. Patients with commercial insurance and Medicaid had prescriptions rejected more often than patients with Medicare.
Life and umbrella insurance: Life can change quickly
As physicians, we have all borne witness to patients dying at a young age, whether from an unforeseen illness or injury.
With Affordable Care Act, more patients retain private insurance at dialysis start
Among Colorado residents initiating dialysis, fewer enrolled in Medicare after the start of the Affordable Care Act in 2014 than before the legislation increased private and Medicaid coverage options, according to study data.
Top in women’s health: OB/GYN enrollment after Dobbs; complications among Black infants
OB/GYN enrollments in states with abortion bans did not change in the 2 years after the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision, according to an analysis of Medicare data from July 2017 to June 2024..
Insurance loss after childbirth tied to lower odds of prescription contraception use
Women who lost insurance more than 2 months after childbirth had lower odds of receiving prescription contraception, highlighting the need for greater contraception affordability, according to findings published in O&G Open.
Public insurance leads to faster bDMARD initiation in juvenile idiopathic arthritis
WASHINGTON — Patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis receive biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs significantly sooner on public insurance vs. private, particularly if they have oligoarticular JIA, according to a speaker.
National Diabetes Prevention Program enrollment may save on medical costs
Enrollment in the CDC’s National Diabetes Prevention Program may provide direct medical cost savings for adults with prediabetes, according to analyses published in Diabetes Care.
Anthem halts plans to limit anesthesia coverage
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield announced it would no longer move forward with its plans to limit the length of time it would cover anesthesia provided during surgery and other procedures.
Lack of insurance causes ‘staggering’ disparities in advanced-stage cancer diagnoses
Lack of health insurance contributes to a high percentage of racial and ethnic disparities in advanced-stage diagnoses for several cancer types, according to results of a mediation analysis.