Medicare Advantage beats Medigap on affordability and comprehensiveness, report says

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Not rendering correctly? View this email as a web page here. TOP STORIES Report: Beneficiaries choose Medicare Advantage over Medigap for affordability, comprehensiveness Most Medicare Advantage enrollees are satisfied with their plan and prefer it to other forms of Medicare insurance like Medigap, according to a report released Monday by online health insurance broker eHealth. Enrollees cited Medicare Advantage's affordability and comprehensiveness are their main reasons for satisfaction. Sponsored Content On-Demand Webinar: Using smart patient-centered tech toreduce cost and time of clinical trial From Medable and MedCity News Did you miss the event?  The webinar is now available on-demand! Industry experts from Syneos and Medable will share their perspectives on how to address these drug development challenges within cardiometabolic clinical studies and provide input on the impact of new regulatory guidance such as the DEPICT Act. This engaging panel will discuss leveraging technology and home health solutions to augment existing points of care between patients and their clinical care team to improve the patient experience, drive more scientific rigor to data generation and achieve timely endpoint capture.  1 Day of High-Quality, In-Person Meetings Around Digital Health Technology From MedCity News Join us in Dallas for MedCity INVEST Digital Health on Wednesday, September 28.  Don't miss out on this valuable opportunity to meet and discuss the latest trends and opportunities. Don't miss your chance to save with the Super Early Bird Rate. Met with AWS funding, Oben Health seeks to treat hypertension in at-risk groups without medication or surgery By Katie Adams Monday, June 13, 2022 6:37 PM Oben Health, a San Francisco-based company developing a digital treatment platform to fight heart disease without medication or surgery, recently received funding from AWS' accelerator for early-stage startups led by founders from underrepresented groups. The startup will use the money to scale its platform and help conduct a pilot program to better understand its model's clinical validity. Read more » Study shows tech-based program improves workers' mental health, productivity By Joel Berg Monday, June 13, 2022 3:51 PM The peer-reviewed research is among the first to examine the effectiveness of the new crop of digital mental health startups. It looked at people enrolled through their companies in a mental health platform developed by Spring Health. Read more » Does your tobacco cessation program offer coaching? It should, and here's why. By Laura Dotson Monday, June 13, 2022 2:00 PM Quitting isn't easy. Finding a caring and kind-hearted coach to guide a person's quit journey forms a genuine bond that only strengthens over time as trust develops. Read more » Report: Beneficiaries choose Medicare Advantage over Medigap for affordability, comprehensiveness By Katie Adams Monday, June 13, 2022 11:20 AM Most Medicare Advantage enrollees are satisfied with their plan and prefer it to other forms of Medicare insurance like Medigap, according to a report released Monday by online health insurance broker eHealth. Enrollees cited Medicare Advantage's affordability and comprehensiveness are their main reasons for satisfaction. Read more » Healthcare staffing shortages are on the rise. As more care moves to the home, can technology help close the gap? By Maryann Lauletta Monday, June 13, 2022 10:00 AM Increasingly, health organizations are turning to technology to solve some of the complex challenges related to moving care from traditional acute settings and into homes and communities. For many, the investment in key tools and technologies can increase efficiencies and improve capacity of current staff. Read more » BrightInsight launches new digital disease management solution for biopharma and medtech [Sponsored] By Josh Baxt Monday, June 13, 2022 9:05 AM BrightInsight developed the Disease Management Solution to help biopharma and medtech companies bring their Software as a Medical Device (SaMD)  to market faster, according to BrightInsight CEO and Co-founder Dr. Kal Patel. Read more » Putting the 'Care' into Remote Healthcare RPM as we know it today – with all its advantages – falls short. The reason? Monitoring and alerting alone cannot provide one of the most critical parts of healthcare: care itself. Download this FREE white paper to learn more! MedCity News   611 Broadway    New York,  NY   10012   United States You received this email because you are subscribed to MedCity Daily Digest from MedCity News. Update your email preferences to choose the types of emails you receive.  Unsubscribe from all future emails