Humana and DUOS have partnered to launch a new program that supports Humana's Louisiana veteran seniors with a chronic condition. These veterans will be connected to DUOS, which can address their health-related social needs.
About half (47%) of nonelderly uninsured veterans will be eligible for Medicaid or subsidies through the ACA Marketplace in 2024, according to a new report from the Urban Institute.
Closing cancer health equity gaps require medical breakthroughs made possible by new funding approaches.
The Veterans Health Administration and health technology company Ontrak will conduct a three-year study examining a new intervention to improve care for veterans at high risk for suicide after they have been discharged from psychiatric hospitals.
The goal of the partnership is to improve opioid use-related patient-provider interactions and boost health outcomes for veterans with chronic pain who are at risk for opioid misuse.
The tech giant would provide engineering support to the VA and develop certain software tools that enable veterans to transfer their medical records to iPhones, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal.
Through its Cogito Companion app and its platform for call center employees, the company is narrowing in on mental health and how insurers can have better connections with consumers.
The future looks bright for the integrated specialty pharmacy model – for health systems, providers, and most importantly, for patients.
While striving to decrease veteran suicide rates, the Department of Veterans Affairs is considering getting rid of its VistA EHR system.
The much-needed new treatment is underwritten by an unlikely benefactor: Steven A. Cohen, the former head of a hedge fund that pleaded guilty to insider trading charges in 2013.
Doctors are frustrated in dealing with another government health care bureaucracy.
It also sees applications for broader patient populations.
As technology advances, AI-powered tools will increasingly reduce the administrative burdens on healthcare providers.
A Chicago mental health and community services agency is piloting a mobile care management platform with its population of military veterans.
Legislation was approved unanimously by the Senate Finance Committee Wednesday to exclude veterans from the Obamacare employer mandate. The legislation allows veteran workers, who receive health coverage from the Defense Department or the Department of Veterans Affairs, to not be included by companies in the count for employer mandate purposes. “The Hire More Heroes Act […]
On Capitol Hill, lawmakers resume work this week to resolve differences over legislation aimed at alleviating long wait times for medical care at the Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals and clinics after reports that some veterans may have died awaiting appointments and that some VA staff falsified records to cover up excessive wait times. Five […]
Fourteen veterans will endure a different kind of bootcamp this week: one that helps prepare them for jobs in the medtech industry. The AdvaMed Medical Technology Veterans Program Bootcamp kicked off yesterday and runs through Sept. 24 in Washington, D.C. The program helps selected veterans apply skills built on the battlefield to civilian job applications, […]