Gone are the days of plans the newer diet apps plaans nutrition apps grocery list on a post-it. MyPlate Calorie Tracker is one best for planning apps available. The best also includes a and a diet, in which you can browse and save help you out, and cross-platform tastes from all over the web or… Read More »
Dive Brief: A fourth of adults with employer-sponsored plans are underinsured, according to Commonwealth Fund’s latest biennial report assessing the health insurance landscape. Underinsurance is a potential signal that some adults may be unable to pay their medical bills, posing possible problems for providers and hospitals who prize patients with commercial coverage. Nearly half (43.4%)… Read More »
Dive Brief: Most short-term plans fail to provide basic healthcare benefits and many bar enrollees from obtaining coverage altogether, according to a new analysis from The Commonwealth Fund. For example, 100% of the plans in the five studied states — Texas, Oklahoma, West Virginia, Alabama and Utah — denied enrollment based on an applicant’s existing health condition… Read More »
Losing weight need not require extremes of starvation or over-exercising. It just needs good alternatives to the usual junk food that you are eating. With just a few changes in your diet, you can lose extra kilos and gain the requisite nutrition as well. Use at least servings of fresh green vegetables and fruits every… Read More »
Value-based care platform provider Apervita says it is the first company to be certified by the National Committee for Quality Assurance for electronic clinical quality measures using a clinical quality language-based engine. The company’s newly certified CQL-based engine—based on HL7 logic standards that support both eCQMs and clinical decision support—can be adopted by healthcare organizations… Read More »
Apple has been in talks with at least three private Medicare plans about subsidizing the Apple Watch for people over 65 to use as a health tracker, according to people familiar with the discussions.
It’s not only Celgene investors who are set for a big payoff with this week’s $ 74 billion sale to Bristol-Myers Squibb. Thanks to brand-new severance agreements inked days ahead of the deal announcement, its top executives could reap hefty gains, too. Under change-in-control severance arrangements that took effect Dec. 17, top Celgene managers would… Read More »