by Shalina Chatlani Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Health insurance companies are under increasing scrutiny for allegedly using artificial intelligence bots and algorithms to swiftly deny patients routine or lifesaving care—without a human actually reviewing their claims. The high-profile killing late last year of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson has focused even more attention on so-called prior...
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Charted: Insurer claims denials
By Maya Goldman Data: KFF analysis of CMS data; Note: Data includes parent companies that received more than 5 million claims; Chart: Axios VisualsAffordable Care Act marketplace insurance plans denied an average of 1 in 5 claims in 2023, with two carriers denying as many as 1 in 3, according to a KFF analysis.Why it matters: Claim denials are...
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It’s time to leave the Paleo Diet in the past: Recent studies have failed to support its claims
by Mark Collard and Amalea Ruffett, The Conversation Is this really what our Paleolithic ancestors ate? New data suggests prehistoric diets had a lot more overlap with our own than earlier studies estimated. Credit: Shutterstock The Paleo Diet urges us to mimic our prehistoric ancestors’ food choices. In practice, this means eschewing dairy products, cereals, pulses and processed...
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How to use ventilation and air filtration to prevent the spread of coronavirus indoors
by Shelly Miller, The Conversation The vast majority of SARS-CoV-2 transmission occurs indoors, most of it from the inhalation of airborne particles that contain the coronavirus. The best way to prevent the virus from spreading in a home or business would be to simply keep infected people away. But this is hard to do when...
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FDA casts shadow on hemp win, calling CBD products illegal
The hemp industry still has work ahead to win legal status for hemp-derived cannabidiol, or CBD oil, as an ingredient in food or dietary supplements despite the big farm bill President Donald Trump signed this week designating hemp as an agricultural crop. CBD oils have become increasingly popular in lotions, tinctures and foods, but their...