influence policy decisions by lobbying lawmakers.We reviewed reports filed by lobbyists from 1997 to 2000, as required by the Lobbying Disclosure Act, to characterize health care lobbying at the federal level in the United States.Health care lobbying expenditures totaled 237 million dollars in 2000....
A statistical process that takes into account the underlying health status and health spending of the enrolleesin an insurance plan when looking at their health care outcomes or health care costs.
Fairview Health Services has signed a letter of intent to buy health insurer UCare, the organizations announced Tuesday. Terms of the deal weren't disclosed. UCare will combine with Golden Valley-based PreferredOne, which Fairview bought earlier this year, to become Fairview's health insurance di...
Regardless of who owns it, Wolf added that those who interact with healthcare data, given its highly personal nature, cannot afford to have a Facebook-like moment in which they lose control of it. Many in the audience believed that blockchain, a security technology using cryptography, will ...
These procedures might incur a large amount of money that we don’t have on hand. Luckily, health insurance exists. It’s always a good thing to stay proactive and invest in important things like health insurance. However, health insurance doesn’t cover the entirety of medical costs. In a...
While the concept of general insurance is well-known, there is often confusion regarding ownership in the industry. Who exactly owns the general insurance companies that provide these essential coverages? To shed light on this topic, we will delve into the intricacies of ownership in the general...
Insurance CompaniesPublic Debt$0.5T1%Domestic U.S. Savings BondsPublic Debt$5.7T17%Domestic JapanPublic Debt$1.1T3%Overseas ChinaPublic Debt$0.8T2%Overseas United KingdomPublic Debt$0.7T2%Overseas Other CountriesPublic Debt$5.3T15%Overseas
With stakes high on both sides, either your biological data could be used to help treat diseases and catch a killer or used by health insurance companies to increase rates, at the very least people should know what they – and their cells – are getting themselves into. ...
In Ecuador and Italy, we helped hospitals deploy AI-assisted CT scan screening systems to expedite the diagnosis of potential COVID-19 patients and reduce the strain on their healthcare systems. In Namibia and Argentina, we helped install infrared thermometers in crowded places to prevent the ...
An insurance holding company is an individual or entity who directly or indirectly controls any authorized insurer. Control is presumed to exist if an individual or entity directly or indirectly owns, controls, or holds, with the power to vote, 10% or more of the voting securities of an autho...