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The findings speak to the importance of patient experience and the need for providers to offer more digital approaches.
Expenses continue to rise as hospitals replenish staff to meet rising coronavirus cases and incur the costs of drugs and PPE.
Some 30 insurers are entering the individual market, and an additional 61 are expanding their service area within states, a KFF report says.
Moderna reports that its data analysis indicates a vaccine efficacy of 94.1%, based on 196 COVID-19 cases.
An analysis of social media messages shows scant guidance for things like infection control and proper PPE usage.
States, as Georgia has done, could waive certain ACA requirements to develop their own state healthcare programs.
In a recently announced merger with the larger Intermountain system, CEO Kelby Krabbenhoft was to serve as president emeritus.
Learn to Live was added to insurer benefits to address behavioral health disorders, which are among the most expensive, according to CEO and co-founder Dale Cook.
Barring an appeals court decision overturning the rule, the mandate goes into effect on January 1, 2021.
PhRMA questions the cost savings and says the rule leaves safety considerations to state governments, rather than the required federal oversight.