Patient Engagement
Telehealth for mental health conditions, which account for half of telehealth claims, fell in most areas of the country.
2025 would be the third consecutive year of health benefit cost increases above 5%, following a decade of about 3% increases.
Hospitals could enhance accessibility by investing in alternative sites of care and virtual visits, report says.
The VR experience is designed to teach skills for managing chronic lower back pain and has demonstrated efficacy in some studies.
The biosimilar will be available at $0 out-of-pocket for most patients through Quallent's copay assistance program.
The company will be debuting new individual marketplace plans in Florida, Maryland and Texas beginning January 2025.
While retail pharmacy prices rose 9.1% from 2007 to 2020, negotiated prices grew by only 4.3% annually.
If the organizations had failed to come to an agreement, about 38 hospitals would have been impacted across the four states.
Providers once again have access to patients' electronic medical records, the health system said.
Twenty-three percent of marketplace enrollees were in a plan with a network that included a quarter or fewer of the doctors in their area.