Health Consumer

Whole Person Health

Cigna CEO Sees Value Of “Whole Person” Health

Whole Person Health In an earnings call with analysts, Cigna’s CEO spoke about the value of whole person health. The connection between whole person health and Cigna’s recent acquisition of pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts remains unclear, however. It is heartening to see a CEO at a major payer make this statement on an earnings call. […]

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Amazon Home Health Products

Amazon will sell an exclusive brand of home health products called Choice, made by Arcadia Group

Amazon Home Health Products Amazon’s interest in and approach to healthcare may be getting a bit clearer as Amazon enters home health products through an exclusive with Arcadia Group’s line of home health products. The cost and inconvenience of going to a clinical setting (with lots of other sick people) is a very unfriendly and

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millennial primary care

Spurred By Convenience, Millennials Often Spurn The ‘Family Doctor’ Model | Kaiser Health News

Millennial Primary Care Millennial primary care may not look like the primary care previous generations knew. Some may attribute this to millennial trademarks like comfort with technology, demand for speed and convenience and so on. There may be even more to it. Sure Millennials are tech savvy and expect convenience as well as quality… just

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2018 Employer Health Costs

2018 Costs For Employee-Sponsored Family Health Coverage

2018 Employer Health Costs 2018 employer health costs grew 5% to an average premium of nearly $20,000 for a family. Meanwhile, employees continue to pay more for their part of the health insurance premium while enduring higher deductibles. That Americans and their employers pay more and get less has been going on for decades. Literally.

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Health Insurance India

India’s government launches a vast health-insurance scheme

Health Insurance India India’s government has recently announced a new plan for health insurance throughout India. This Indian version of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) is known as Ayushman Bharat, or Long Life India. The intent is to be a “safety-net”… not unlike American efforts in Medicaid / Medicare and the recent Medicare For All. What

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Integrating Health Coaches

How to Integrate Health Coach Strategies into the Clinical Space

Integrating Health Coaches Lifestyle is widely recognized as the most critical factor in many chronic illnesses like hypertension or diabetes. In the current clinic-centric model for sick care, it is unfair to ask clinicians to treat conditions with pharmaceuticals or procedures alone. Today’s clinicians and their patients need additional help which can come from integrating

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