Jeff Lagasse
Low-income seniors are twice as likely to file complaints regarding what they perceive as shady marketing practices, survey finds.
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Mid-Atlantic States and Independent Health Association earned 5 stars.
The agency says current data does not support the recommended dosage of phenylephrine as an effective decongestant.
Improperly listing patents may harm competition from generic alternatives and keep prices artificially high, the FTC says.
Costs for procedures such as mammograms and colonoscopies are as much as 58% higher when performed in HOPD settings.
According to Elevance Health, about 28% report having been told they have a mental health condition, a predictor of loneliness.
More than half of the respondents cited software and technology as one of their top three strategic priorities, a big leap from last year.
The strongest predictors of burnout include workload, census divisions, age, specialties and practice settings.
As MA plan options continue to grow, retention and competition for new members are even more critical.
EHR systems rated as being difficult to operate did not perform well in safety tests, which suggests the need to optimize EHRs for ease of use.