Insurance
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At One Of The Biggest Health Insurers, A Digital Employee Winning Over Customers’ Minds
Is the “digital workforce” now a thing? One of the biggest health insurers and providers in North America, Humana, has accepted an intelligent virtual assistant as a full-fledged employee. This assistance is not viewed as a tool or a machine, and it is not replacing somebody. Instead, it’s a super-helpful “coworker” that develops and learns alongside the medical and insurance…
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AI-Powered Healthcare? A Reality Check on Health Data
Yeah, ChatGPT was successful in passing the test for medical licensure. The recent Health Datapalooza tech conference, however, was driven by one idea: America’s health data infrastructure is still much more analogous to “no intelligence” than “artificial intelligence.” Regardless of whether the speakers were from the government, health systems, insurance, or physician associations, they all sounded frustrated. According to Dr.…
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It’s time to welcome workplace conversations about mental health. Here’s Why
The mental health and welfare of employees have never been more at danger or more crucial for companies to invest in at this period of history that is experiencing fast change, uncertainty, and stress. All of us suffer from the effects of living in an unpredictable, fast changing world, particularly in terms of our mental health. We are all aware…
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How Supervisors Can Help Their Staffs in Understanding Health Insurance Advantages
I requested the students to pull out their health insurance cards at the start of my university course on the managed care sector. We talked about their HMO or PPO and how a copay and deductible function. A young man raised his hand and questioned what “crash” meant. I realized he had looked at his auto insurance rather than his…
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The Failure Of Silicon Valley To Address Health Equity
The combination of big data and well-funded technology, buoyed by a renewed recognition in the wake of the pandemic that social and economic circumstances are directly related to health outcomes, augured in a general feeling of optimism across the health care landscape. This optimism was fueled by the preponderance of well-funded digital health companies focused on addressing Social Determinants of…
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The Need For Insurance Companies To Hire More Strategically
Few industries have escaped the talent struggle in today’s job market. Over half of insurance companies report having more difficulties hiring currently, making this arguably their most difficult hiring era ever. Notwithstanding improvements, organizations still struggle with a lack of diversity; according to Deloitte, less than 25% of entry-level positions and only 8% of senior and executive positions are filled…
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E-Bikes and Insurance: Accounting for Them
From Blair Baldwin is the co-founder and CEO of the insurance start-up Boundless Rider, which specializes in motorcycles, e-bikes, and powersports vehicles. There was a time i got an unusual email and guess what? This was an old friend who had just bought an e-bike. He was contemplating whether to buy motorcycle insurance or e-bike insurance, as well as whether…
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DENTAL INSURANCE GUIDE
There is no denying the cost of dental work, particularly when extensive work is required, which is why so many individuals eventually wonder, “Should I obtain dental insurance?” You might need to buy it on your own if your employer doesn’t provide it. But, if your plan doesn’t meet your needs, purchasing dental insurance separately may be a waste of…
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HEALTH INSURANCE FOR DRIBBBLERS
People’s working habits are changing. Around 55 million People, or more than 35% of the US employment, currently work as independent contractors. And during the following few years, a significant increase in that number is predicted. We conducted a community poll back in June, and we learned a lot, including the fact that over 70% of survey respondents had freelanced…
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READ ON TO KNOW WHAT HEALTH INSURANCE DOES NOT COVER
It’s a huge burden to navigate health insurance coverage. It frequently happens that a doctor orders a service, a patient complies with the doctor’s instructions, insurance only pays a fraction or nothing at all, and the patient is left with the bill. The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021’s No Surprises Act prohibits consumers from getting unexpected medical costs when they…
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