GENEVA (AP) — North Korea needs to strengthen its health system by modernizing medical equipment, ensuring sufficient supply of medicines and paying greater attention to malnutrition, the World Health Organization’s director said Friday.
Marie Lee didn’t ask for prescription drug coverage from HealthSpring but starting in 2006, the Hyde Park resident began receiving catalogs from the Nashville, Tenn.-based health insurance provider.
“I threw them away because they weren’t bills and we…
LONDON (AP) — Men in Iceland and women in Cyprus have the lowest risk of dying worldwide, a new study says.
In a survey from 1970 to 2010, researchers found a widening gap between countries with the highest and lowest premature death rates in…
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California health insurer Anthem Blue Cross canceled rate hikes of as much as 39% for thousands of California policyholders Thursday after state regulators said the plan was “seriously flawed.”
The move came after a consultant to state regulators found…
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Mother’s Day breakfast
A French toast breakfast in honor of all mothers will be served at 9 a.m. May 10 at the Pasadena Senior Center, 4103 Mountain Road. Information: 410-222-0030.
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Care for cancer patients
The Wellness House of Annapolis, an organization that offers services and programs to assist those living with cancer and their loved ones, including children, now has twice a week walk-in hours from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesdays…
The life and health insurers that came out with first-quarter results this week reported solid increases in net income.
The Insured Retirement Institute is asking the U.S. Department of the Treasury and U.S. Department of Labor to create incentives for employers to make guaranteed lifetime income strategies available inside employer-sponsored retirement plans.
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Because of the new emphasis on linking health care provider compensation to quality, compliance teams will have to think more about quality measurement.
Insurers will increasingly use public shared data to inform pricing decisions and aid in fraud detection, predict researchers from Celent.