Health Insider HonorHealth, BCBS continue contract negotiations ahead of August deadline abc15.com staff
PHOENIX — HonorHealth and Blue Cross Blue Shield are still working to reach a new agreement before the end of their contract on Aug. 1, 2025. According to HonorHealth, existing appointments will continue as planned unless a new contract is not finalized. If a contract isn’t finalized, all HonorHealth facilities and physicians will be out-of-network […]
Medicare’s Policy on Alzheimer’s Drugs Comes Under Fire at House Hearing
WASHINGTON — House members on both sides of the aisle were in surprising agreement on a number of healthcare issues Wednesday, most notably the need for Medicare to reconsider its coverage decision on amyloid-inhibiting Alzheimer’s drugs such as aducanumab (Aduhelm) and lecanemab (Leqembi). “There’s been a lot of attention to a decision by CMS [the […]
Paris Climate Agreement goal still within reach, suggests new study
The Paris Climate Agreement goal to limit global warming this century to 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit (2 degrees Celsius) over pre-industrial temperatures is still within reach, while apocalyptic, worst-case scenarios are no longer plausible, suggests a new CU Boulder analysis. Out today in Environmental Research Letters, the new study finds that a subset of climate scenarios […]
Visibly transparent radiative cooler under direct sunlight
Since the Paris Climate Agreement that took effect in 2016, 121 countries have pledged to become carbon neutral by 2050 as the world tries to reduce its fuel consumption. The Korean government also unveiled its 2050 Carbon Neutral Strategy on December 7, 2020 and declared Carbon Zero, making transition to new and renewable energy a […]