Insurance

Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, the world has hoped for an end to the public health emergency — but that distinction could also mean millions losing their insurance coverage.

Children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis who require TNF inhibitors often experience insurance-led delays to therapy initiation, according to a research letter published in JAMA Network Open.

A recent study showed that patients with long COVID had a greater risk for abnormal blood clotting.

Few have as much need for asset protection as physicians. As high-income earners, physicians often have substantial financial assets and real property that needs to be removed from risks of loss due to liability, malpractice claims, worker complaints, cyberattacks, HIPAA violations and more.

DENVER — The rate of pediatric patients with amblyopia lost to follow-up is higher among those with public insurance, according to a presenter.

Compared with the pre-pandemic rate, the rate of postpartum insurance loss was significantly lower during the COVID-19 pandemic, largely due to increases in consistent Medicaid coverage, according to data in JAMA Health Forum.

Twenty years ago, there were only two P’s present in every ophthalmologist’s consultation room when examining and recommending therapy for an individual: the patient and the physician.

Health insurance companies use prior authorization processes to lower payer costs.

It happened overnight, and all it took was a shift in policy at one insurance company.

The costs of health care in the U.S. are skyrocketing, and insurance companies are taking measures large and small to curb them.