Humana, which provides health insurance to small businesses in Colorado, intends to withdraw from the Colorado employer group market within the next 18 months, Colorado Politics has learned. The company has not formally announced its withdrawal.
In an ongoing effort to provide information and transparency to the community, the Pasadena Elderly and Dependent Adult Liaisons (PEDAL) website now includes a Facility Information and Complaint Resources portal. This portal provides direct access to California Department of Social Services (CDSS) and California Department of Public Health (CDPH) information for each Pasadena skilled nursing and long-term care facility, along with complaint resources. The PEDAL website also includes several new critical information bulletins intended to provide operational guidance to staff at skilled nursing facilities. The critical information bulletins are produced from time to time on an ad hoc basis, and are intended to comprise an expanding collection of resource information for industry professionals and other interested persons.
This month, I want to continue with the discussion on family caregivers and the resources available to assist families in the mission of caring for a loved one. Last month, I touched on two resources: Home health care and home care. As always, I strive to collaborate with experts that can shed the most valuable light on the topic and provide significant information to those who need it most. To gather essential information regarding home care, I spoke with Weama Kassem, the CEO of Synergy Home Care in Oklahoma, and Vicki Crafton, the director of nursing, about the differences between home health care and home care.
If you’ve been following recent news, you’ve probably seen the fuss being made about the “bidding war” between some of America’s biggest corporate players, including UnitedHealth, CVS and e-commerce behemoth Amazon. But those with an ear to the ground know that this is only the latest development in an escalating land-grab for one of America’s fastest-growing industries: home medical technology. The subject of the most recent episode? The $8 billion sale of Signify Health (subscription required), a home healthtech and analytics company, to CVS Health.
Roughly two weeks after Harvard introduced a new telehealth counseling program, nearly 400 students have registered for the online platform, Harvard University Health Services officials said.
As federal employees prepare to make their selections for next year's health insurance benefits, some may wonder whether telehealth services, made especially popular and necessary by the COVID-19 pandemic, will stick around.
