American Cancer Society
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American Cancer Society, Color Health Partner To Increase Cancer Screenings for Employers
Through American Cancer Society and Color Health’s new partnership, employers and unions will have better access to cancer screenings, cancer education and clinical support.
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Report: Cancer deaths are down but pancreatic cancer is growing, racial disparities persist
Targeted drugs and immunotherapies are among the advances that contribute to declines in incidence and deaths from non-small cell lung cancer, according to the Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer. But the trends are on the rise for some other cancers and racial disparities persist, highlighting the need to better understand these differences.
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Payer’s Place: Dawn Maroney
Dawn Maroney, President, Markets of Alignment Health and CEO of Alignment Health Plan, to discuss how they are using technology to provide better service and care to consumers.
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Right-to-try bill passes in House, heads to president’s desk for signature
The legislation, which has drawn criticism from researchers, patient advocates and industry, would enable patients to request experimental drugs while bypassing the FDA.
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Eight advocate groups to Senate: AHCA would harm patients
As the healthcare debate continues in Washington, a number of patient, provider and consumer advocate organizations — including AARP, the American Hospital Association and the American Medical Association — have banded together to encourage the Senate to consider the impact of the AHCA on patients.
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Honor adds cancer care training to its caregiver program
Honor will license its proprietary care guidance fro the American Cancer Society so that Honor’s caregivers can give specialized care to clients diagnosed with cancer.
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Key element to Samsung breast cancer monitoring pilot has nothing to do with disease
A nurse navigator will sit with patients and help them onboard websites and apps that tap into their personal interests.
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Payers get consolidation fever, CMS paid out $1.3 billion to over 1,900 hospitals (Morning Read)
It seems like every other major insurer is looking to buy or is an aquisition target. Anthem made a takeover approach to Cigna, UnitedHealth approached Aetna and CMS paid $1.3 billion to hospitals to ease a Medicare claims appeals backlog.
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California lawmakers looking to save lives by moving smoking age up to 21
Democratic State Senator Ed Hernandez of West Covina, who chairs the chamber’s health committee, introduced […]
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Drinking coffee daily could mean a major decrease in the risk of melanoma
Coffee drinkers could be lowering their chances of getting melanoma, the deadliest form of skin […]
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Applying Remote Patient Monitoring to Surgery Prep and Recovery, Oncology and Women’s Health
Join us to learn about the latest trends in remote monitoring and how to extend its benefits beyond chronic conditions to more patients – all while using fewer staff resources.
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Questions about colon screening coverage still vex consumers
No one looks forward to screening tests for colon and rectal cancers. But under the Affordable Care Act, patients are at least supposed to save on out of-pocket costs for them. Coverage is not always clear, however, and despite the federal government’s…
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Payer’s Place: Dr. Anil Singh
Dr. Anil Singh shares his insights into the strategies employed by the organization to identify the most effective digital solutions for their members.
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Discover the Next-Gen Platform for Integrated Collaborative Care
Beyond EHRs and digital front doors, reducing the gaps in patient care journeys.
