With January 1, 2016 only days away, it is useful to review next year’s predictions for the healthcare insurance industry. Both the costs of monthly premiums and the health insurance marketplace...
As the year comes to a close, while many are off to celebrate the holidays, those within the healthcare payer industry would be wise to look ahead to the New Year and prepare for the coming trends and...
Health payers managing plans through the state health insurance exchanges will need to work toward maintaining superior customer relations due to the rise in premium costs expected in 2016. The Robert...
Ever since the Supreme Court ruled that one stipulation within the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is not fully constitutional, states around the nation have taken the court’s decision...
When it comes to data collection and data sharing, payers should inform beneficiaries exactly how their information is used such as public health reporting requirements or among healthcare providers....
In order to better serve their customer base, state health insurance exchanges along with the federal website HealthCare.gov could take a number of steps to improve their web pages and expedite the...
What will happen to the health insurance exchange created by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act? Will it continue on as originally planned by the Obama administration? Or will new...
On Thursday, the United States Senate voted 52 to 47 in passing a legislation that would gut major provisions within the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. This is the first time the Senate...
The insurer UnitedHealthcare has recently announced that it would consider moving away from the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance exchanges due to significant profit losses. The actions of...
The creation of health insurance exchanges throughout individual states after the passage of the Affordable Care Act has not been an easy process. Many state health insurance exchanges have experienced...
A new report shows that consumers have received more than $2.4 billion in premium rebates since 2011 because of the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The Medical Loss Ratio...
Did you know that 8 million people gained private insurance through the health insurance exchange and 3 million young adults gained coverage since the Affordable Care Act was passed? In recent years,...
Mergers and acquisitions are popping up all over the healthcare industry from drug makers and hospital systems to health insurers. The year 2015 has been a beehive of activity for the consolidation of...
The health insurance exchange has a new feature that should bring more interest from consumers. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced yesterday that Healthcare.gov, the...
The health insurance marketplace has brought more competition among health payers as well as more benefits to consumers in need of healthcare coverage and unable to purchase plans with more costly...
The federal government has key programs to help lower class American citizens obtain the healthcare coverage that they need. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) offers Medicaid...
The health insurance exchange created after the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has garnered significant interest and popularity over the last several years. The health...
Is more financially sound medical technology the answer? One-third of 2012 Medicare spending in physician or outpatient setting is linked to technology that has only been in existence within the...
The health insurance exchange set up by more recent healthcare reforms including the Affordable Care Act was established in order to give consumers more choice in their medical coverage options. This...
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act under the Obama administration, which is colloquially known as Obamacare, set up a health insurance exchange platform that enables consumers to pick and...
