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Cost of Care for Breast Cancer Difficult to Pin Down
October is breast cancer awareness month and a new report from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has revealed just how hard it can be to pin down the cost of care for this disease.
October is breast cancer awareness month and a new report from the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill has revealed just how hard it can be to pin down the cost of care for this disease.
Asbury Park Press reported that the average cost of care for breast cancer in women 65 years and older is $23,076 just for initial treatment, plus $2207 for continuing treatment. The problem is that while the Affordable Care Act has ensured mammograms are covered by health insurance plans for free, consumers instead now face higher out-of-pocket costs for health insurance coverage in general.
The study from UNC determined that the cost of care can vary greatly depending on what type of insurance patients have or if they have no insurance at all. Uninsured individuals pay $129 to $391 for a doctors visit compared with $65 to $246 for insured patients, and the costs for treatments are also more expensive for uninsured patients.
Read the full story from Asbury Park Press: http://on.app.com/1QTh0AB
Overcoming Employment Barriers for Lasting Social Impact: Freedom House 2.0 and Pathways to Work
April 16th 2024To help celebrate and recognize National Minority Health Month, we are bringing you a special month-long podcast series with our Strategic Alliance Partner, UPMC Health Plan. Welcome to our second episode, in which we learn all about Freedom House 2.0 and the Pathways to Work program.
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An Overview of Health Care and Pharmaceutical Trends, 2023-2024
April 19th 2024Douglas M. Long, BA, MBA, was featured as the keynote speaker on the closing day of The Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy 2024 annual meeting, with a session dedicated to surveying the health care and pharmaceutical trends of the last year.
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Making Giant Strides in Maternity Health Through Baby Steps
April 9th 2024To help celebrate and recognize National Minority Health Month, we are kicking off a special month-long podcast series with our strategic alliance partner, UPMC Health Plan. Welcome to our first episode, which is all about the Baby Steps Maternity Program and its mission to support women throughout every step of their pregnancy journey.
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Government agencies have created an online portal for the public to report potential anticompetitive practices in health care; there are changes coming to the “boxed warning” section for chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapies (CAR T) to highlight T-cell blood cancer risk; questions about the safety of obesity medications during pregnancy have arisen in women on them who previously struggled with fertility issues.
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