Cigna expands virtual provider network
(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) Fourteen million members in Cigna’s employer-sponsored health plans can now talk and text with
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Concerned about your blood pressure? Medicare can help.
(Source- www.medicare.gov/blog) It’s difficult to detect high blood pressure. High blood pressure (also called “hypertension”) usually doesn’t have any warning
Read MoreFederal legislation to protect health data has made little progress. Will that change in the Covid-19 era?
(By Rebecca Robbins for STAT) Before the Covid-19 pandemic, health data privacy wasn’t exactly a hot topic on Capitol Hill.
Read MoreReopening Dental Offices For Routine Care Amid Pandemic Touches A Nerve
(By Phil Galewitz for Kaiser Health News) Tom Peeling wanted his teeth cleaned and wasn’t going to let the coronavirus
Read MoreIf you’re 65 or older and lose your job, this is the time to sign up for Medicare
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the unemployment rate among people age 65 or older is now over 15 percent. For
Read MoreBlue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan to return more than $100 million to insured customers and members
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan announced due to disruptions in previously anticipated health care services caused by the COVID-19
Read More‘Things Will Never Be The Same.’ How The Pandemic Has Changed Worship
(By Tom Gjelten for NPR) Christian worship in the United States, long characterized by its adherence to tradition, appears to have
Read MoreHow A Company Misappropriated Native American Culture To Sell Health Insurance
(By Fred Schulte for Kaiser Health News) Jill Goodridge was shopping for affordable health insurance when a friend told her
Read MoreNew Jersey authorizes 18,000 pharmacists to conduct COVID-19 tests
(By Katie Adams for Becker’s Hospital Review) More than 18,000 New Jersey pharmacists can now administer COVID-19 tests, bringing the state
Read MoreThe value of a Health Savings Account
Health savings accounts (HSAs) have triple tax benefits and it can be a powerful retirement savings vehicle. If an employer
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