Insurance

President Joe Biden announced new proposals that aim to lower health care costs by reinstating limits on short-term insurance plans and addressing surprise medical bills and medical debt.

Kidney Care Partners, a coalition of 30 organizations involved in kidney care, said it was “extremely concerned” about a proposal by CMS to increase the Medicare bundled payment rate by 1.6% next year, according to a press release.

SAN FRANCISCO — Insurance claims data may help identify children and adolescents at risk for neurodevelopmental conditions, according to a presenter at the American Psychiatric Association annual meeting.

With the rapid rise of interest rates in the last year, many physicians might be interested and surprised to learn where extremely low rates still exist.

Cigna Healthcare has updated its glaucoma surgical procedure policy to cover both ab interno canaloplasty and goniotomy to treat primary open-angle glaucoma, according to a press release from Sight Sciences.

Among the various types of liability that orthopedic surgeons may face, including employee claims, HIPAA violations, cyber liability and slip-and-fall injuries, medical malpractice may be the most impactful.

U.S. counties with greater social vulnerability had higher rates of suicide, according to data published in JAMA Network Open.

A bill aimed at eliminating discrimination against individuals who are turned down for life, disability and long-term care insurance because they are organ donors has been reintroduced in Congress.

SAN ANTONIO — Insurance delays and denials for hereditary angioedema medication have a negative impact on physical and mental health, according to data presented at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Meeting.

Insurance status substantially mediated racial and ethnic inequities among women with advanced-stage cervical cancer, researchers reported in JAMA Network Open.