HealthySure on Tuesday said it has started including LGBTQ+ partners under their group health insurance plans. Organizations opting for a group health insurance cover for their teams can now include same-sex partners in their health plan, said the firm.
Kathy Ormsby's work auditing medical case files uncovered an alleged scheme to defraud the federal government: The California health system that employed her was scouring health histories of thousands of elderly Medicare patients, then pressuring doctors to add false diagnoses it found to their current medical records.
Maya Cohen's entree into the world of obesity medicine came as a shock. In despair over her weight, she saw Dr. Caroline Apovian, an obesity specialist at Brigham and Women's Hospital, who prescribed Saxenda, a recently approved weight-loss drug. Ms. Cohen, who is 55 and lives in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, hastened to get it filled.
Doctors in Arizona are crafting a state ballot measure that would modify the new federal surprise billing law and drastically tilt the scales in their favor during behind-the-scenes billing negotiations in the state — with consumers ultimately picking up the tab.
Washington state announced this week that it had requested a waiver from the federal government to allow currently ineligible immigrants to receive health insurance through the state marketplace exchange – a move that could cost Washington taxpayers up to $1 billion per year.
