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Employers are doubling down on mental health resources while shifting some strategies to remote and digital offerings.
Medicaid expansion has been associated with nearly 12 fewer deaths per 100,000 adults annually.
Workers face mounting health care affordability issues, and health plan cost-sharing features such as high deductibles are an underlying cause.
An ongoing telehealth study in Michigan outlines how rural Americans are embracing the concept of interacting with providers online.
Spending increased 9.7% to reach $4.1 trillion in 2020, with the share of the economy devoted to health care reaching 19.7%.
A recent poll finds that 59% of Americans re more worried about the cost of health care services than in the past,
M&A activity was strong in the areas of long-term care, managed care, and rehabilitation, according to the latest PwC report.
Mid- and large-size employers in particular are dealing with employee burnout and mental health challenges.
However, the use of telehealth continues to be limited in some ways—primarily through lack of access to technology.
The pandemic has caused a reset on employee health in many ways, and management of diabetes could see improvement as a result.