By Scott Lear While many of us are focused on the short-term concerns about COVID-19 infection, it is also important to focus on long-term health. With governmental directions to stay at home, it may be tempting to sit on the couch, binge watch TV and eat junk food until everything blows over. That might be okay… Read More »
The coronavirus pandemic occasioned the Great Lockdown for people to shelter-at-home, tele-work if possible, and shut down large parts of the U.S. economy considered “non-essential.” As health insurance for working-age people is tied to employment, COVID-19 led to disproportionate loss of health plan coverage especially among people earning lower incomes, as well as non-white workers,… Read More »
Dive Brief: The American Hospital Association is asking HHS to extend the public health emergency for the COVID-19 pandemic. The emergency, declared at the end of January, is set to expire in five weeks. AHA is requesting the emergency status be continued until multiple criteria are met regarding the availability of necessary supplies for testing… Read More »
A nurse administers a coronavirus test. (Photo by Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images) Even though it’s been reported that a whopping 260 workers at the Orlando International Airport have tested positive for the coronavirus, airport officials are pushing back to say that’s necessarily the case. READ MORE: Scams on the rise during coronavirus pandemic Tuesday, Florida Gov.… Read More »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued a rule on Friday that would lift anti-discrimination protections under Obamacare for transgender people and women seeking abortions, drawing condemnation from Democratic lawmakers. The rule reverses some provisions of the Affordable Care Act passed during President Barack Obama’s administration, also known as Obamacare,… Read More »
Searching for the right vitamin supplements to give your health a boost? We asked Healthista’s team of experts to tell us which one’s they take and why When it comes to your health, a balanced nutritious diet filled with a variety of wholesome foods is the best way by far to get the vitamins and… 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 »