Drugstore violated patient privacy

Results of a survey show that Black/Indigenous/People of Color or Hispanic patients with Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis were more likely to report poor symptom control and greater difficulty accessing care from specialists and twice as likely to have an IBD-related emergency department visit compared with White non-Hispanic patients.

In this latest episode of Tuning In to the C-Suite podcast, Briana Contreras, an editor with MHE had the pleasure of meeting Loren McCaghy, director of consulting, health and consumer engagement and product insight at Accenture, to discuss the organization's latest report on U.S. consumers switching healthcare providers and insurance payers.

More than half (60%) of patients in latest trial reached active remission and 41% stopped taking corticosteroid entirely.

In our latest "Meet the Board" podcast episode, Managed Healthcare Executive Editors caught up with editorial advisory board member, Eric Hunter, CEO of CareOregon, to discuss a number of topics, one including the merger that never closed with SCAN Health Plan due to local opposition from Oregonians.

Gold carding eliminates prior authorization for top-performing labs and eases plan workflows while controlling spending and preventing abuse.

Insulin resistance reduction was seen in trials using both estrogen and estrogen plus progesterone, a meta-analysis of 17 studies reveal.