When Ryan Blank took a health assessment at work, he knew the results wouldn’t be good. He was overweight, suffered from sleep apnea, lacked energy and struggled with high blood pressure. He didn't expect what came next. A one-on-one health coach helped Blank make lifestyle changes that turned his health around.
As the Carolinas begin to deal with the aftermath of Hurricane Florence, an analysis of health insurance claims reveals how Hurricane Harvey affected people's health across a wide swath of Southeast Texas last year.
Small, independent practices are capable of delivering quality, cost-effective care — but they need new kinds of tools and expertise to adapt and compete.
When natural disasters strike, people whose lives are disrupted may find a partner in an unexpected place: their health insurance provider.
The key to helping people become informed health care consumers may be making it worth their while.
Research shows average costs for patients treated at freestanding ERs were almost 10 times higher than for patients who visited urgent care clinics for the same diagnoses.
