Telehealth is likely to remain a main avenue for receiving health consultations. It is also likely to experience hiccups along the way. Insurers need to accept both realities.
At a digital session of the National Ergonomics Conference & ErgoExpo, two experts explain their system for helping health care workers prevent injuries.
Shortly after the New Year, Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and JPMorgan Chase announced their joint venture, Haven Health, would be shutting its doors. Haven’s goal was to make health care cost and delivery more transparent and economical for employers and employees alike.
The health care industry has borne a heavy burden throughout the pandemic. Burnout, a potentially dangerous talent gap and increasing financial strain on the industry are key risks insurance executives have in sharp focus.
Every telemedicine account should have three “signature lines” of coverage: technology errors and omissions, medical malpractice and cyber liability, according to Gallagher’s Larry Hansard.
Albert Munanga, regional director of health & wellness at Era Living, shares how he worked his way up through the industry and details his nursing home’s response to COVID-19.
In this Risk Scenario, Risk & Insurance explores what might happen in the event a telemedicine or similar home health visit violates a patient’s privacy. What consequences await when a young girl’s tele visit goes viral?
COVID-19 could permanently change the way care is delivered. Underwriters will watch how health systems manage ongoing safety concerns and pandemic-induced financial strain.
It seems clear that telemedicine is here to stay, which means the insurance industry has a need to fill to match this emerging exposure with policy language to suit and coverage to follow.
Several factors, including the recent COVID-19 crisis, have catapulted health care systems into what many are calling a “new normal.” Those in the space must prepare now for the emerging risks to follow.
From increased risk of infection to burgeoning cyber security threats, here are some of the top risks facing the health care industry as it begins this new decade.
Several important considerations must be reviewed by the health care sector as lines transition into a hard market and organizations seek to protect their capital.
140 drones lit up the Philadelphia night sky on April 28 to show gratitude towards health care workers, but what many didn’t see was the risk management behind it.
The American Hospital Association has asked insurers for financial assistance through advanced/accelerated payments as health care providers see a drastic drop in revenue during the pandemic.
Some of the most devastating impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic have been in long-term care facilities. Whether their insurance future will be equally dire remains to be seen.