As the larger Aetna AET -6.04% (AET) looks to the future following its proposed acquisition of Humana HUM +2.87% (HUM), one key area under consideration would be to bring the management of its large amount of prescription drugs in house and turn it into a money-maker for the larger health insurer.
North Carolina’s largest health insurer, Blue Cross and Blue Shield, is eligible for nearly $295 million in federal payouts under the Affordable Care Act even as the company is seeking another rate increase in the state.
Only about 10 percent of people who are at risk of developing Type 2 diabetes know about their condition, which makes it hard to take proactive measures while there is still time to prevent the full-blown disease, according to a new study.
Every year up to 79 percent of runners, whether hardcore or recreational, suffer an injury, studies suggest. But researchers are discovering that the real problem isn't running — it's the sloppy form we use.
I am too old for farm school, but I went anyway. I came to farm school with a bag of glucose tablets, alcohol wipes, sets for infusion, needles, insulin and emergency glucagon. I put a huge jug of juice in the kitchen fridge. My son has Type 1 diabetes.
It’s finally summer! Before you slip into those new wedges or holiday flip flops, you may want to do something about those dry, cracked heels and tired-looking feet that have been hiding away all winter.
Most people with diabetes will develop some degree of nerve and vascular damage that all too often leads to poor circulation of the legs and feet, ulcerations, infections and even amputations.
"You’re only as old as you feel!" goes the popular saying. So who wants to suffer through achy joints, fuzzy thinking, saggy skin or other unpleasant side effects of aging?
Now that there are same-sex marriages, more men and women will be walking down the aisle in the hottest and sexiest designer shoes and saying "I do" than ever!
In less than one year, we’ve seen a staggering number of data breaches in health care. Almost 96 million records were stolen in just three high‒profile cases alone — Community Health Systems (4.5 million), Anthem (80 million), and Premera (11 million).
Home health agencies are dismayed with a CMS proposal issued late Monday that cuts Medicare rates $350 million while also rolling out a new value-based purchasing system called for under the Affordable Care Act.
Dr. Todd O’Brien likes the idea of patients everywhere getting consistent quality care, and he loves solving problems. From those two qualities arise the Lincoln podiatrist’s latest invention.
In response to the influx of Central American children immigrating to the U.S. over the last year, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) says it has increased the number of doctors available to treat these unaccompanied minors and is on the lookout to protect them from child predators and other dangerous situations once they arrive.
Effective midway through this year — July 1, 2015, to be exact — certain employers that pay the health insurance premiums of their employees will be assessed hefty fines for their generosity.
Since the Affordable Care Act’s passage in 2010 there have been 54 changes to Obamacare, as tracked by Forbes, mainly because of low enrollment rates and other legislative kinks.
Even though change is looming, the health care industry has been slow at adopting new technologies. It could take years for new paradigms to be accepted and doctors often resist shifts in daily routines.
