Life & Health

For insurers, digital technology offers new ways to manage risk that relies less on face-to-face and traditional clinical assessment.

A recent recommendation to start colonoscopies at age 45 shows why the U.S. suffers from over-treatment and worse outcomes.

The study that said no level of drinking of alcohol is safe suffers from the same flaws in statistical analysis that afflict so many wellness studies.

Finally, after years of requests, CMS is issuing cards that do not have a Social Security number as the Medicare identifier.

There is panic over the sunsetting of the safe harbor for incentives/penalties for health risk assessments and biometric screenings.

Insurers should support organizations whose mission is to save lives by teaching life-saving techniques. Be champions of change.

However unfair, benefits advisers need to brace themselves for the picture that Bezos/Buffett/Dimon are about to paint of them.

The days of trusting legislators to have our best interests at heart are in the rearview mirror. It's time for doctors and patients to take the lead.