Does health insurance cover skin cancer screening?
Does health insurance cover skin cancer screening?
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BOSTON-Dr. Mallika Marshall is answering your medical questions. If you have a question, email her or message her on Facebook or Twitter.
Christine asks, “Is skin cancer screening covered under health insurance? I have light skin and want to protect myself from skin cancer.”
Most insurance companies do cover skin cancer screenings as part of your annual wellness visit but if you’re not sure, call and ask. Even better, ask if they will cover a skin exam by a dermatologist.
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The high cost of giving birth even with insurance
Qthe burden of high health care costs and medical debt in the US is no secret. Medical debt affects one in five adults in the US, with an average burden of more than $20,000 for each medical debtor. As primary care physicians, we frequently witness the effects of these financial burdens, particularly for our older or sicker patients with expensive medical conditions.
However, new research we published recently in the Journal of General Internal Medicine shows that medical debt is also common in a younger and healthier population: women who have just had a baby.
In a sample of more…
How Do I Update My Compliance Risk Assessment?
Compliance Risk Assessments are critically important in healthcare practices. When used correctly, they can save entities from fines, problems and consequences.
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While almost everyone is familiar with a HIPAA Risk Assessment, many practices have not completed a full Compliance Risk Assessment.
A Compliance Risk Assessment is a process for healthcare entities to determine what risks exist, evaluate potential risks and focus resources to address the most significant risks.
Compliance Risk Assessments…
PacificSource Health Plans Elevates Member Communications
PacificSource Health Plans Elevates Member Communications with Quadient
Multistate US health insurer partners with Quadient to enhance the customer experience for its more than 600,000 members
Paris, June 8, 2023
Quadient (Euronext Paris: QDT), a leader in helping businesses create meaningful customer connections through digital and physical channels, announces that PacificSource Health Plans have implemented Quadient Inspire to reduce manual processes and IT resources required for developing and maintaining renewals, member plan materials and related communications. With Quadient Inspire, PacificSource plans to reduce costs and increase efficiency through automation, increasing the speed of creating and managing thousands of blocks and…
How Can You Protect Your Children?
Many of our estate planning clients have children and want to protect their children.
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While concerns vary, protecting children is a huge part of estate planning.
When parents have minor children, estate planning is essential. It allows parents to pick guardians for their children. This will ensure that they have peace of mind knowing who will care for their minor children.
This will also prevent court fights over guardianship.
Parents with…
Are You Prepared for an Audit?
The Federal Government is constantly auditing healthcare entities. A recent Michigan settlement resulted in prison time and a hefty repayment for violations of the False Claims Act.
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If your compliance plan needs to be updated, now is the time.
You want to make sure that your practice is protected so that you are not faced with a similar situation as a vascular surgeon from Bay City, Michigan.
A vascular surgeon was…
Major Mass. health insurance provider says customer data was ‘copied and taken’ in cyberattack
A pair of major Massachusetts and New Hampshire health insurance companies are warning subscribers that a cybersecurity ransomware incident in March and April has compromised some members’ personal information.
Point32Health, the corporate parent of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Tufts Health Plan, said in April that the threat impacted systems that are used to service customers, accounts, brokers, and providers, officials said. It proactively took certain systems offline to contain the threat out of an “abundance of caution” after “detecting an unauthorized party.”
“Unfortunately, the investigation identified signs that data was copied and taken from our Harvard Pilgrim systems from…
CLHIA says health insurers will support Albertans displaced by wildfires
CLHIA says health insurers will support Albertans displaced by wildfires | Insurance Business Canada
Catastrophe & Flood
CLHIA says health insurers will support Albertans displaced by wildfires
Over 19,000 residents have evacuated their homes
Catastrophe & Flood
By Mika Pangilinan
Health insurers have taken special measures to support those who have been displaced by the recent wildfires in Alberta.
The wildfire situation in the province has continued to escalate as fire officials declared more fire evacuation orders over the weekend.
More than 19,000 residents have been ordered to flee their homes as of Sunday afternoon, according to a report by…