GoHealth insurance marketplace lays off hundreds
Health insurance brokerage GoHealth has laid off 20% of its workforce, the company notified employees in a public letter Tuesday. Approximately 800 agents and support workers lost...
Murthy and Hijazi on various solutions addressing youth mental health
Register for the program here. The coronavirus pandemic has underlined a growing urgency around youth mental health across the world. On Wednesday, Aug. 17 at...
CNN myocarditis fact check by a Cardiologist (me) – The Health Care Blog
BY ANISH KOKA A recent CNN article discusses approval of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine for people ages 6-17. The CDC director acted after its vaccine advisers on...
Blue Cross $2.67B antitrust settlement approved by judge
A federal judge approved Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies’ $2.67 billion antitrust settlement on Tuesday. Barring an appeal, this would mark the end of...
Are health care prices falling? – Healthcare Economist
It seems like everything just gets more and more expensive. But are prices for medical care declining? Cutler et al. (1998) found in seminal paper...
Office Visit: Inflation challenges health care industry
Timothy Pehrson The work that goes on every day in Oklahoma’s health system transforms lives. Whether it is providing lifesaving care at no cost to...
Caring Does Not Pay – The Health Care Blog
BY KIM BELLARD Things are tough all over the job market. With a jobless rate at 3.5%, and with millions of people who left the...
Centene sued over Ambetter networks, benefits
A new lawsuit alleges Centene took advantage of enrollee churn between Medicaid and health insurance exchange policies to defraud the federal government and dupe consumers. The...
Springfield-Greene County Health Department officials are tracking possible monkeypox cases
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - Currently there are 8,934 monkeypox cases in the U.S.There are 15 Missouri and 9 in Arkansas according to data collected by...
Clover Health names Andrew Toy next CEO
Clover Health CEO Vivek Garipalli will step down and be succeeded by Andrew Toy at the start of next year, the company announced Monday. Toy,...