Pritzker targets delays, denials in health insurance coverage with 'Healthcare Protection Act' A study published in 2022 found racial inequities in coverage denials for cancer patients. Black patients were nearly three times as likely to be denied. 04/22/2024 - 1:40 pm | View Link
Pritzker’s health insurance reforms targeting ‘utilization management’ clear House J.B. Pritzker celebrated a partial legislative victory Thursday night when the House passed his initiative to end some practices health insurance companies use to control the amount and cost of health ... 04/21/2024 - 11:42 pm | View Link
More people buy private health insurance plans as thousands lose Medicaid coverage The number of people buying private health insurance policies on the federal marketplace rose slightly this year in Oregon. 04/17/2024 - 1:33 am | View Link
My mental health hit a low point due to a difficult pregnancy. Every employer should offer the kind of benefits package that pulled me through At what’s considered an apex in people’s lives—being a first-time mother—I was truthfully at one of my lowest points. 04/12/2024 - 11:42 am | View Link
Is it time to think bigger than benefits? Employers keep offering mental health perks when they might need to rethink their entire workplace “What's happening a lot is that organizations are purchasing more benefits—and having good benefits really does matter,” Kathy Pike, president and CEO of One Mind at Work, tells Fortune. But workplace ... 04/12/2024 - 4:22 am | View Link
Under the so-called congestion pricing plan, the $15 fee will apply to most drivers who enter Manhattan south of 60th Street during daytime hours.
The start date for the so-called congestion pricing—the $15 toll most drivers will be charged to enter Manhattan’s central business district—will be June 30, transit officials said Friday.
The algorithms are deemed core to ByteDance’s overall operations, and ByteDance would rather shut down the app than sell theirs.
The content recommendation algorithm that powers the online short video platform TikTok has once again come under the spotlight after the U. S. ordered its Chinese owner, ByteDance, to sell the app’s U.
Using the IRS’ program, participants saved roughly $5.6 million in fees they would have otherwise spent with commercial tax preparation companies.
The IRS said Friday that more than 140,000 taxpayers filed their taxes through its new direct file pilot program and participants saved roughly $5.6 million in fees they would have otherwise spent with commercial tax preparation companies.
Ransomware is the No. 1 arms race today between hackers and security specialists.
You probably know better than to click on links that download unknown files onto your computer. It turns out that uploading files can get you into ransomware trouble, too.
Dairy farms facing an outbreak will have economic losses from caring for sick animals and the temporary reduction in milk sales.
The discovery of fragments of avian flu virus in milk sold in U. S. stores, including in about 20% of samples in initial testing across the country, suggests that the H5N1 virus may be more widespread in dairy cattle than previously realized.
Despite the spike in interest rates, CEO John Isakson of ARK Homes for Rent has big plans to expand.
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