The number of uninsured children declined during the COVID-19 pandemic due to Medicaid’s continuous coverage requirement, with 12 states seeing significant decreases, according to a report from...
Overall, major health outcomes measures are trending in a negative direction, according to America’s Health Rankings Annual Report for 2022.
The Annual Report examines 23 measures to assess...
If the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) ends in April 2023, 18 million people may lose Medicaid coverage in the 14 months following its expiration, according to a brief from the Robert Wood...
More than half of adults who are enrolled in or have a family member enrolled in Medicaid were unaware of upcoming Medicaid renewals set to resume after the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) ends,...
While employer-sponsored health plans’ total costs for coronavirus hospitalizations could range from $10,000 to over $38,000 in 2020, employee costs remained fairly consistent, a Peterson-Kaiser...
Medicaid directors identified enrollment and the end of flexibilities tied to the public health emergency as major influences on Medicaid spending, according to a report compiled by Health Management...
Federal funding was crucial in enhancing access to coronavirus resources during the initial phases of the pandemic, but questions remain about what will occur when the public health emergency ends and...
Alliance of Community Health Plans (ACHP) shared how its community health plan members are preparing Medicaid enrollees for the Medicaid redetermination process in a fact sheet.
The redetermination...
Employer-sponsored health plan enrollment decreased by 5 percent during the COVID-19 pandemic, with the steepest declines among women and individuals working for small employers, according to a study...
The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will cover doses of the coronavirus monoclonal antibody treatment bebtelovimab for the uninsured and underinsured, the department...
The cost of healthcare is more concerning than the risks of the coronavirus pandemic for Massachusetts residents, according to a poll commissioned by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (Blue...
Adolescents are more likely to approach educators about mental health concerns than they are to approach their parents, but parents are more likely to initiate conversations about mental health than...
Around 15 million beneficiaries will lose Medicaid coverage when the program’s continuous enrollment provision ends with the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), according to a report from the...
Virginia Medicaid beneficiaries experienced fewer financial concerns during the coronavirus pandemic due to Medicaid expansion, according to self-reported data published by Health Affairs.
“Our...
State Medicaid programs’ adoption of and investment in home and community-based service waivers for seniors grew in the past 20 years, an article in Health Affairs found.
“Our results...
The presence of long COVID may spur changes in health insurance coverage, as people with employer-sponsored health plans may have to cut back their hours or stop working, according to data from the...
Telehealth flexibilities during the coronavirus pandemic contributed to a 26 percent spike in overall utilization of in-network outpatient behavioral health, according to a report from UnitedHealth...
Employers face a challenging set of circumstances as they try to establish employer-sponsored health plan premiums for 2023.
The second half of 2022 has introduced many variables that can affect healthcare prices.
On the individual...
As payers finalize premiums for 2023 for the individual market, 2023 individual health insurance market premiums will be subject to a variety of factors, according to an issue brief from AHIP.
The...
Most states expect seniors and people with disabilities to lose Medicaid coverage once the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) ends, citing income changes and the inability to contact beneficiaries...
