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New York health insurers are seeking more moderate premium increases in 2020 compared to their requests to the state Department of Financial Services a year ago.  The weighted average requested increase was 8.4% among the 12 companies selling Affordable Care Act plans to individuals next year.  The requests affect how much people who aren't covered through an employer will pay for health insurance. More than half of customers receive income-based federal subsidies that lower prices.  Last year, with the Trump administration slated to zero out the individual mandate penalty in 2019, insurers asked for 24%. The state cut those proposals by two-thirds, making the weighted average increase in premiums 8.6% this year. The lower requests reflect a stabilizing ACA market. Insurers’ financial performance improved nationwide last year to its highest level since the passage of the law. The average medical-loss ratio, which represents the portion of premiums spent on medical cl...

Minnesota’s biggest health care companies got even bigger last year as the sector’s never-ending growth story continues. UnitedHealth Group bolstered its position as Minnesota’s largest company in 2018 by growing its health insurance and health care services businesses, while also adding to operations in South America. Reported revenue grew by 12.5% to a whopping $226.2 billion. Medtronic, meanwhile, held on to the No. 5 spot on the Star Tribune list of top public companies with $30.6 billion in revenue, a growth of 2.8%. “You saw strong organic growth at both businesses relative to expectations,” said David Heupel, senior equity research analyst with Thrivent. “Those are the things, as a long-term investor, we’re looking for.” In early 2018, Minnetonka-based UnitedHealth Group closed on its acquisition of Empresas Banmedica, a company that runs hospitals and clinics and sells insurance coverage in Chile, Peru and Colombia. The deal added about 23,000 workers and helped push over...

LANSING, MI (WILX) - More firefighters died by suicide than in the line of duty in 2017. Michigan Association of Fire Chiefs receive $100,000 for mental health services That statistic hits home for Delta Township's new Fire Chief. "It was a shock when you get a phone call that you have a firefighter killed himself the day before," said Gregory Ginebaugh. Gregory Ginebaugh was chief in Kentwood when he got that call. It's one he never expected. "I'm trained in critical incident and peer support and I thought that I would have seen signs but that's not always the case," said Ginebaugh. The challenges firefighters face aren't just physical, but what goes on under the helmet "It's hard to recognize the signs and symptoms, but it's also an ongoing challenge to figure out how to reach out to people and give them resources," explained Ginebaugh. On Friday, that job got a little easier. The Michigan Association of Fire Chi...

PINEVILLE, La. (KALB) - After several non-profit behavioral health facilities in Pineville announced they are shutting down, local lawmakers are working to replace those services in the area. About a week ago, KALB reported that Compass Health Network will be closing all four of its locations in the Central Louisiana area on June 30th. State representative for District 27, Mike Johnson, announced House Bill 118 that asks the Office Of Behavioral Health of The Louisiana Department of Health to quote, "take all measures necessary to ensure adequate access to substance use disorder treatment in Central Louisiana." All the facilities are in Pineville and include Phase Two House for Women, Adolescent Outpatient, Red River Treatment Center and Gateway Adolescent Treatment Center. There are also facilities set to close in Calcasieu Parish. “That's not the way it's supposed to work. We should have been made aware, the public should have been made aware, long before bec...

Like Lady Gaga’s dance hits, her nonprofit Born This Way Foundation is all about empowerment. She and her mom founded it to help teens take control of their mental wellness. This week, the organization released a survey showing most young people in California are willing to seek help with mental health, but roughly half aren’t sure where to go. The survey was done in partnership with California’s Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission. The findings could give school districts and community youth centers more insight on what teens are dealing with, and how to connect them to the services they need. The need for solutions has become dire as teen suicide and depression rates continue to climb . Of the 485 13- to 24-year-olds surveyed, half said they never, or rarely, talk to someone about mental health. But 8 out of 10 said they’re looking to learn coping skills. “More and more youth are understanding and becoming advocates for this idea of mental wellness...

Local clubs, service groups, fraternal organizations, and others are encouraged to send their Coming Events information to the Daily News at news@greensburgdailynews.com with “Events” in the subject line or Daily News, PO Box 106, Greensburg, IN 47240. TODAY 9 a.m. - Tonk at the Greensburg Adult Center. 11:30 a.m. - Lunch at the Greensburg Adult Center. Noon - There will be an ice cream social at First Presbyterian Church till 3 p.m. Proceeds benefit the Boy Scout Troop at the church. For more info, call Dr. Ronald W. Woods at 812-663-6624. 6:30 p.m. - Bridge at the Greensburg Adult Center. June 5 6:30 p.m. - Decatur County Board of Zoning Appeals meets in Room 106 of the Decatur County Courthouse. Open to the public. 7 p.m. - Decatur County Area Plan Commission meets in Room 106 of the Decatur County Courthouse. Open to the public. DSI Golf Classic to benefit children with disabilities at Otter Creek Golf Course, Columbus. The 34th annual event is $130 per person or $520 fo...

The Quebec government’s new immunization schedule aims to make it easier for parents to vaccinate their newborns by requiring one less visit in the first 12 months. According to the Health Ministry, some parents are currently putting off getting their child immunized or refusing to do so. Under the new schedule for those born on or after June 1, 2019, there will no longer be a vaccination at six months because doses will redistributed. Babies will only get shots at the age of two, four and 12 months. “This is good news. Kids will be protected but with one less visit,” says Dr. Renee Pare with Montreal Public Health. The new schedule is based on recommendations by a group of experts. Dr. Caroline Quach, a pediatric infectious disease specialist and microbiologist at the Sainte-Justine University Hospital Centre (CHU), says the idea is to streamline the process “to really try and minimize the amount of doses for each vaccine that were needed to afford the best protection.” Another...

DEAR DR. ROACH: You mentioned in a recent column that there is no single-dose measles vaccine. I understand that there are people who object to the MMR combo in the belief that it exposes the child to too many antigens at once. Here is a quote from the cdc.gov website: “Each vaccine in the childhood vaccination schedule has between 1-69 antigens. A child who receives all the recommended vaccines in the 2018 childhood immunization schedule may be exposed to up to 320 antigens through vaccination by the age of 2.” In fact, a 1994 report from the Institute of Medicine, Adverse Events Associated with Childhood Vaccines, states: “it seems unlikely that the number of separate antigens contained in childhood vaccines … would represent an appreciable added burden on the immune system that would be immunosuppressive.” I can’t say that the words “seems unlikely” would inspire confidence in those who question the safety of combination vaccines. Is it not possible or feasible to administer singl...

Nearly one of every $5 spent in the United States goes to health care. That's almost $10,000 per person annually, roughly $2,000 more than second-place Switzerland and twice that of Canada. Despite that spending, the U.S. generally lands at, or near, the bottom of health outcomes for its citizens when the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health releases rankings of the top industrialized nations in the world. Dr. Thomas J. Foels has been among those in the regional health insurance industry with the task of pushing against those numbers. “I think the health care system can still be very difficult to navigate at times,” said Foels, who retired this spring as executive vice president and chief medical officer of Independent Health. Foels, 63, a North Tonawanda native who lives in Clarence, holds a master’s in medical management from Tulane University. He came back to Buffalo in the early 1980s to open a pediatric practice after medical school at the University of Rochest...

Local clubs, service groups, fraternal organizations, and others are encouraged to send their Coming Events information to the Daily News at news@greensburgdailynews.com with “Events” in the subject line or Daily News, PO Box 106, Greensburg, IN 47240. TODAY 9 a.m. - Tonk at the Greensburg Adult Center. 11:30 a.m. - Lunch at the Greensburg Adult Center. Noon - There will be an ice cream social at First Presbyterian Church till 3 p.m. Proceeds benefit the Boy Scout Troop at the church. For more info, call Dr. Ronald W. Woods at 812-663-6624. 6:30 p.m. - Bridge at the Greensburg Adult Center. June 5 6:30 p.m. - Decatur County Board of Zoning Appeals meets in Room 106 of the Decatur County Courthouse. Open to the public. 7 p.m. - Decatur County Area Plan Commission meets in Room 106 of the Decatur County Courthouse. Open to the public. DSI Golf Classic to benefit children with disabilities at Otter Creek Golf Course, Columbus. The 34th annual event is $130 per person or $520 fo...

The district and high school have developed crucial partnerships in recent years In 2017, the Newberg School District knew it needed help. A rash of completed and attempted suicides by students rocked the community and the school was without an effective system to meet their students' mental health needs. The district reached out to Providence Medical Group to propose a "flight team" approach to the issue, in which representatives from Providence would come to Newberg High School and conduct a suicidal ideation screening. The screening identified 52 students as "high-risk" for suicide that year and connected them with resources in the community. Elise Yarnell is Providence's senior manager of operations for Yamhill County. She said the number of high-risk students underscored the need for expanded services. "Because of the volume, we decided to partner over the summer and develop a plan for the fall of how we could provide on-site support for the h...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — Next month, parents will have an opportunity to get their kids vaccinated for free thanks to Adventist Health -Bakersfield. According to the Vaccine for Children guidelines, the vaccines are complimentary to children under the age of 18 who either have no health insurance, enrolled in Medi-Cal (must present Medi-Cal card at each visit), or American Indian or Native Alaskan. Organizers say that no appointment is necessary, but immunization cards are required. Adventist or its mobile unit is scheduled to be at the locations below for its Childhood Immunizations against vaccine-preventable diseases: Walgreens – Monday, June 3 rd 4306 Ming Ave. (parking lot), Bakersfield from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Boron High School – Tuesday, June 4 th 26831 Prospect St. (multipurpose room), Boron from 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Walgreens – Thursday, June 6th 3301 Panama Lane. (parking lot), Bakersfield from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Greenfield Resource Family Resource Cen...

Photo by Deb Gau From left to right, Marshall High School Principal Brian Jones, Director of Teaching and Learning Jeremy Williams, and Sen. Tina Smith joined in the conversation at a roundtable on mental health care needs on Thursday afternoon. This year, Smith introduced legislation aimed at funding mental health services for schools. MARSHALL — Supporting kids’ and teens’ mental health is a team effort — that’s the approach that Marshall Public Schools and area mental health professionals have taken. But even with schools and community organizations working together, it’s hard to get counselors and mental health workers to come to rural Minnesota. Participants in a roundtable discussion Thursday brought that concern, and others, to U.S. Sen. Tina Smith. Smith said she wanted to hear from schools and mental health workers about how to help make sure students can get access to the services they need. “To me, this is such a fundamental issue,” Smith said. While about one in f...

WASHINGTON -- International students may be more reluctant than other students to seek mental health counseling for a wide variety of reasons, including stigmatization of mental illness in their home countries and common (incorrect) myths that seeking treatment could result in a notation on their transcript or the revocation of their visa, panelists told attendees Thursday at a session focused on international student mental health at the annual NAFSA: Association of International Educators conference. A study published in the Journal of American College Health in 2010 found that while international graduate students were about as likely as domestic graduate students to report “an emotional or stress-related problem that significantly affected their well-being or academic performance within the past year,” the international students were less likely than their American peers to be aware of available counseling services. Just 61 percent of international graduate students surveye...

This fall, students at Montana State University Billings will see an increase in the health services mandatory fee as supported by the student government. During the Montana Board of Regents meeting this week in Great Falls, an 18.9% increase for health services was approved, which amounts to an increase of $15.25. The explanation is that recent cost increases associated with medical providers requires an increase in the amount for the current semester fee. The current fee is $80.75, but that amount will increase to $96 this fall. MSU Billings will also not be receiving any performance funding allocation, adding up to more than $1.4 million dollars for the fiscal year of 2020. Based on the fiscal year 2017 through 2019, the city college at MSU Billings achieved 100% of its performance funding allocation of more than $390,000. For that same time frame, MSU Billings campus did not achieve any performance allocation. The amount adds up to more than $1.4 million dollars. MSU Billin...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — Next month, parents will have an opportunity to get their kids vaccinated for free thanks to Adventist Health -Bakersfield. According to the Vaccine for Children guidelines, the vaccines are complimentary to children under the age of 18 who either have no health insurance, enrolled in Medi-Cal (must present Medi-Cal card at each visit), or American Indian or Native Alaskan. Organizers say that no appointment is necessary, but immunization cards are required. Adventist or its mobile unit is scheduled to be at the locations below for its Childhood Immunizations against vaccine-preventable diseases: Walgreens – Monday, June 3 rd 4306 Ming Ave. (parking lot), Bakersfield from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Boron High School – Tuesday, June 4 th 26831 Prospect St. (multipurpose room), Boron from 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Walgreens – Thursday, June 6th 3301 Panama Lane. (parking lot), Bakersfield from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Greenfield Resource Family Resource Cen...

Universal Health Services , one of the nation’s largest hospital operators, has deepened its partnership Seattle-based primary clinic operator Vera Whole Health as part of a value-based care partnership meant to bolster UHS’ clinically integrated delivery network. UHS has also made equity investment in Vera as part of the deal. The companies initially started working together through the UHS-affiliated health plan Prominence Health Plan, which is based out of Reno, Nevada. In January, Vera opened up two co-branded care centers meant to provide health coaching and primary care services to Prominence commercial and Medicare Advantage members. “As we were working them, we were continually impressed with their commitment to value, which is really important from their side because they’re the ones underwriting the risk,” said Vera Whole Health CEO Ryan Schmid. That philosophical alignment led to conversations about how Vera could provide advanced primary care services for more Pro...

A new survey finds more employers are improving access to mental health care, including offering on-site counseling and online programs to address anxiety, depression, sleep and pain. Among 523 employers surveyed by New York-based human resources consulting firm Mercer , job-related stress and depression or anxiety are the top workforce behavioral health concerns, with more than half of the respondents citing these issues as a concern for their organizations. Nearly two-thirds of the respondents say adequate access to outpatient behavioral health care is lacking in some or all of their locations, but many are seeking to increase employee access to quality behavioral health services instead of waiting for the situation to improve, according to the survey. Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management professor Amanda Starc says health benefits are a great way to attract and retain employees. “If employees value mental health services, employers will want to arrange t...

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Law enforcement agencies are now expected to have some kind of in-house team to help officers manage work stress. It's a far cry from the days when first responders were expected to process traumatic incidents on their own time, if they were able to process them at all. But as mental health services have improved, another question has emerged: Are first responders receiving the best short-term care? “It’s an important discussion to be had because I think we’re becoming more educated in policing to understand evidence-based practices,” says Renee Mitchell, of the American Society of Evidence-Based Policing. The Stockton Police Department in California created a wellness program for its officers that is now hailed as a national model . Officers are introduced to the “wellness network” with an eight-hour training during orientation, educated on how stress can affect the mind and body, and taught mindfulness techniques and other methods to keep themselves on an even keel. For her...