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Employee With Cancer Denied Remote Work, Fired Over 'Productivity Issues' While Undergoing Chemo
The employee was allegedly told that working remotely was a privilege, not an accommodation.
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UnitedHealthcare CEO Received Death Threats Before Being Killed, Reveals Wife
The wife of the slain CEO of the largest US health insurance company has said that he had received death threats as police scrambled to find the man who brazenly shot him in mid-Manhattan.
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Star Health Faces $68,000 Ransom Demand After Major Data Leak, Launches Probe
Star Health, India's biggest health insurer, on Saturday said it had received a ransom demand of $68,000 from a cyberhacker in connection with a leak of customer data and medical records.
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Star Health Insurance Reportedly Confirms Being Target of a Cyberattack Last Month, Claims Lost Data
Star Health, one of the biggest health insurance companies in India, has reportedly confirmed that it was the target of a malicious cyberattack that led to bad actors getting access to “certain data” illegally. The incident was first reported last month, but the insurer refused to make any comments before an internal investigation. The company ...
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Indian-American Guilty Of 11 Counts Of Defrauding Public Health Insurance Plans Of $4 Million
Kaival Patel created and operated a company called ABC Healthy Living LLC to market compound prescription medications.
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Chingari Lays Off 20 Percent of Its Workforce as Part of Organisation Restructuring
Chingari has laid off around 60 employees as part of its restructuring plan, the company said on Tuesday. The short-video-based social media app has laid off only 20 percent of its workforce. The Chingari spokesperson said that the company as part of severance package is offering two months' salary to the impacted employees to assist them during th...
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Patients' Data Given To Insurance Companies? What Centre Told Parliament
The Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) facilitates secure data exchange between intended stakeholders on its network after the patient's consent and no data is shared with any other entity, the Rajya Sabha was told.
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Amazon Clinic Virtual Healthcare Platform for US Customers Launched
Amazon Clinic was announced by the company on Tuesday as a virtual platform for users to connect with healthcare providers in the US. Customers will be able to get treatments for common ailments like allergies and skin conditions with Amazon Clinic, according to the company. Amazon Clinic will operate in 32 states in the US, and does not include he...
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WhatsApp to Start Offering Health Insurance, Micro-Pension Products in India Soon
WhatsApp is set to start rolling out health insurance and micro-pension offerings in India. The company is working with SBI General for launching health insurance products and HDFC Pension and Singapore-based firm PinBox Solutions for micro-pension products.
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LinkedIn Cuts 960 Jobs as Pandemic Puts the Brakes on Corporate Hiring
LinkedIn said that it would cut 960 jobs, comprising six percent of its global workforce. Chief Executive Ryan Roslansky said the company would provide at least 10 weeks of severance pay as well as health insurance for a year for U.S. employees, and will hire for newly-created roles from laid-off staff.
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Modicare, World's Largest National Health Protection Scheme: All You Need To Know
In the Union Budget 2018-19, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced that India will have the world's largest healthcare programme for half a billion of its poorest citizens. He went on to lay out plans to merge three public sector insurance companies and list the new entity. The plan was soon dubbed "NaMoCare" by BJP president Amit Shah and "ModiC...
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Amazon Steps Into Healthcare With Warren Buffet, JPMorgan Chase
Investors in healthcare have long thought Amazon was going to get into that field and force companies that make and distribute medications or medical devices to drastically lower their prices.
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Indian-American Doctor Couple Indicted In Health Fraud Case
An Indian-American doctor couple has been indicted on charges of committing healthcare fraud by performing unnecessary medical tests and procedures on patients to get payouts from insurance companies.
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If A Woman Freezes Her Eggs, Will Her Future Babies Be Normal?
Companies such as Google, Facebook and Apple provide health insurance to their employees that includes an unusual feature: Coverage for egg freezing. But as it moves into the mainstream, is it really producing healthy kids?
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A Breast Reduction Surgery Is Not Always Cosmetic, Says Court
A consumer court rejected all arguments of insurance companies stating that all forms of breast reduction surgery are not cosmetic. This happened when a 55-year-old woman, in need for a breast reduction surgery was refused a claim for her surgery.
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Employee With Cancer Denied Remote Work, Fired Over 'Productivity Issues' While Undergoing Chemo
The employee was allegedly told that working remotely was a privilege, not an accommodation.
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UnitedHealthcare CEO Received Death Threats Before Being Killed, Reveals Wife
The wife of the slain CEO of the largest US health insurance company has said that he had received death threats as police scrambled to find the man who brazenly shot him in mid-Manhattan.
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Star Health Faces $68,000 Ransom Demand After Major Data Leak, Launches Probe
Star Health, India's biggest health insurer, on Saturday said it had received a ransom demand of $68,000 from a cyberhacker in connection with a leak of customer data and medical records.
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Star Health Insurance Reportedly Confirms Being Target of a Cyberattack Last Month, Claims Lost Data
Star Health, one of the biggest health insurance companies in India, has reportedly confirmed that it was the target of a malicious cyberattack that led to bad actors getting access to “certain data” illegally. The incident was first reported last month, but the insurer refused to make any comments before an internal investigation. The company ...
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Indian-American Guilty Of 11 Counts Of Defrauding Public Health Insurance Plans Of $4 Million
Kaival Patel created and operated a company called ABC Healthy Living LLC to market compound prescription medications.
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Chingari Lays Off 20 Percent of Its Workforce as Part of Organisation Restructuring
Chingari has laid off around 60 employees as part of its restructuring plan, the company said on Tuesday. The short-video-based social media app has laid off only 20 percent of its workforce. The Chingari spokesperson said that the company as part of severance package is offering two months' salary to the impacted employees to assist them during th...
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Patients' Data Given To Insurance Companies? What Centre Told Parliament
The Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) facilitates secure data exchange between intended stakeholders on its network after the patient's consent and no data is shared with any other entity, the Rajya Sabha was told.
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Amazon Clinic Virtual Healthcare Platform for US Customers Launched
Amazon Clinic was announced by the company on Tuesday as a virtual platform for users to connect with healthcare providers in the US. Customers will be able to get treatments for common ailments like allergies and skin conditions with Amazon Clinic, according to the company. Amazon Clinic will operate in 32 states in the US, and does not include he...
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WhatsApp to Start Offering Health Insurance, Micro-Pension Products in India Soon
WhatsApp is set to start rolling out health insurance and micro-pension offerings in India. The company is working with SBI General for launching health insurance products and HDFC Pension and Singapore-based firm PinBox Solutions for micro-pension products.
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LinkedIn Cuts 960 Jobs as Pandemic Puts the Brakes on Corporate Hiring
LinkedIn said that it would cut 960 jobs, comprising six percent of its global workforce. Chief Executive Ryan Roslansky said the company would provide at least 10 weeks of severance pay as well as health insurance for a year for U.S. employees, and will hire for newly-created roles from laid-off staff.
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Modicare, World's Largest National Health Protection Scheme: All You Need To Know
In the Union Budget 2018-19, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced that India will have the world's largest healthcare programme for half a billion of its poorest citizens. He went on to lay out plans to merge three public sector insurance companies and list the new entity. The plan was soon dubbed "NaMoCare" by BJP president Amit Shah and "ModiC...
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Amazon Steps Into Healthcare With Warren Buffet, JPMorgan Chase
Investors in healthcare have long thought Amazon was going to get into that field and force companies that make and distribute medications or medical devices to drastically lower their prices.
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Indian-American Doctor Couple Indicted In Health Fraud Case
An Indian-American doctor couple has been indicted on charges of committing healthcare fraud by performing unnecessary medical tests and procedures on patients to get payouts from insurance companies.
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If A Woman Freezes Her Eggs, Will Her Future Babies Be Normal?
Companies such as Google, Facebook and Apple provide health insurance to their employees that includes an unusual feature: Coverage for egg freezing. But as it moves into the mainstream, is it really producing healthy kids?
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A Breast Reduction Surgery Is Not Always Cosmetic, Says Court
A consumer court rejected all arguments of insurance companies stating that all forms of breast reduction surgery are not cosmetic. This happened when a 55-year-old woman, in need for a breast reduction surgery was refused a claim for her surgery.
