Mastercard Higher Education Health Collaborative of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has engaged policy-level stakeholders in Ghana’s health sector to share ideas on ways to empower the next generation of healthcare workers. Principal Investigator on the project, Prof. Ellis Owusu-Dabo says the meeting sets the stage to improve universal healthcare coverage. …
Credit: Vitalii Vodolazskyi / Shutterstock The federal government has approved a $40 million plan that will help Connecticut residents who fall into the health insurance affordability gap. The plan, dubbed Covered Connecticut, will help provide insurance premium coverage for those who make too much money to be covered through Husky, yet not enough to afford …
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If La Plata County residents north of age 60 had their way, they’d have universal health care with the government negotiating prescription prices. At least, this is the overwhelming result from the League of Women Voters of La Plata County’s survey with 77% wanting a taxpayer funded, universal health care system like Medicare. Also of …
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It’s easy for health plans to think about genomics as “just another specialty” to manage, much like radiology or cardiology. However, given the dynamic nature of the field and the ever-changing testing landscape with little regulation, genomics must be approached differently when developing clinical policy and enacting utilization management strategies. Here’s why: There are now …
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Another component of the government’s Transparency in Coverage mandate and No Surprises Act legislation for health insurance plans will go into effect on January 1, 2023 for price transparency. Another component of the government’s Transparency in Coverage mandate and No Surprises Act legislation for health insurance plans will go into effect on January 1, 2023 …
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A Veterans Affairs health care employee working in Texas sued the department Wednesday over its new abortion policy, saying the change violates her religious beliefs as well as state law. The lawsuit is the first of numerous expected legal challenges to VA officials’ announcement in September that they would offer abortion access to veterans and …
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A new KFF analysis finds that the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), the US global HIV/AIDS response and the largest commitment by any nation to address a single disease in history, is associated with improvements in key economic and educational outcomes in countries that received PEPFAR support. Specifically, the program may have helped …
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