How care teams cool the risk of extreme heat
When the forecast calls for extreme heat, Aetna registered nurse care managers call vulnerable Medicare members to make…
High Costs Limit Mental Health Care for Medicare Patients
Mental health is an important part of overall health, yet many Medicare beneficiaries with depression and anxiety face…
Make government health care spending data more transparent
In July, the Department of Health and Human Services announced that millions of Americans were potentially enrolled in…
Medicare Tests Algorithms to Streamline Prior Authorization
Medicare is set to bring artificial intelligence (AI) into the core of its decision-making, testing whether algorithms can…
How Trump and Texas could finally transform US health care: Tom Banning
Tom Banning  | Guest columnist America’s health care system is stuck in the past and long overdue for…
Trump tariff threat looms over robotics and medical devices
A Fanuc robotic arm moves bins of products during a media tour of the Amazon.com Inc. DAB2 fulfillment…
Social Security chief says he won’t hike retirement age amid benefit cut fears
Social Security’s leadership says raising the retirement age is not under consideration after Commissioner Frank Bisignano walked back…
Pensioners left ‘waiting to die’ in regional Victoria as specialist healthcare costs rise
Eddie and Wendy Rushforth worked their whole lives but now, in their own words, say they’re “sitting at…
How The Health Care System Can Better Support Family Caregivers
A man in his 80s sitting in a wheelchair, taking a walk in the park with his adult…
Semler Scientific pays $30 million to settle health care fraud claims
Semler Scientific will pay the Department of Justice nearly $30 million to settle health care fraud claims related…
Coloradans can get the COVID shot, but could have to pay
Anyone 6 months and older who wants a COVID-19 shot in Colorado can now get one, but the…
Tax Credits Support Affordable Marketplace Plans
Millions of Americans, including many ages adults 50–64, depend on private health insurance from the nongroup (individual) market,…