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Health Insurance in Aisle 3: Why a Grocery Chain is Working on Medicare

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“You can trust us to help you find the right Medicare coverage for you and your lifestyle,” the tagline reads. It is, specifically, Midwest Heritage, Hy-Vee’s banking, insurance and investments subsidiary, that will implement the Medicare Aisle program. And now, what do we mean when we say “grocery store?”

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Telemedicine, Medicare Advantage and star ratings: What you need to know

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Over the last few years, Medicare Advantage plans have dramatically increased their deployment of telehealth systems for seniors. While some in the healthcare industry may be skeptical of telehealth’s utilization, particularly within the Medicare population, these plans continue to move full steam ahead.

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Three in Five People 50+ in the US Will Likely Use Telehealth In the Future – An Update from AARP

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In early 2022, over half of those over 50 (the AARP core membership base) told the Association they would likely use telehealth in the future. adults 50 and over in February and March 2022, to gauge older peoples’ views on virtual care now and in the future. The study polled U.S.

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Consumers Continue to Spend on Technology, Seeking “A Happy, Healthy Connected Life”

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consumers will keep spending on digital stuff at about the same level as they did in 2022, Deloitte found that households have actually pared down the number of devices they had last year. For the survey, Deloitte polled 2,018 U.S. adults in the second quarter of 2023. While 2 in 3 U.S. Why the “device pruning?”

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Telehealth Update on Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Rules

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There are many barriers that can keep people from getting the mental health care they need. Thankfully, organizations like the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) continue to drive new initiatives to mitigate this barrier and help more people get the care they need. One of these key barriers is access.

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From Evolution to Innovation, from Health Care to Health: How Health Plans With Collaborators Are Re-Defining the Industry

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The combination of Kaiser Permanente and Geisinger to form Risant Health will be a test of how Kaiser can build a national brand while embedding its approach to a regional health system that has been geographically boxed-in in central Pennsylvania. Re-building a community health system from an innovative blueprint.

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Use of Preventive Health Services Declined Among Commercially Insured People – With Big Differences in Telehealth for Non-White People, Castlight Finds

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The first chart illustrates the deferred care identified in Castlight’s assessment of 160 million medical claims in its commercially-insured population data. Castlight published the full research findings in April in the company’s 2022 Workforce Health Index. But flat growth is expected for 2022, Castlight forecasts.