UnitedHealthcare Launches Health Plan to Improve Customer Support
UnitedHealthcare has launched a new employer-sponsored health plan for Arizona residents that seeks to prioritize customer support experiences and lower member premiums. The Doctors Plan of Arizona is...High Deductibles Associated with More Medical Bill Problems
In the year and a half following the Affordable Care Act’s first marketplace open enrollment period, the number of families who had trouble paying medical bills decreased by nearly 10 million....Size of Medicaid Expansion Influenced Administrative Spending
Medicaid expansion did not impact overall administrative spending, but states with large expansions saw slight reductions in spending while smaller expansions led to minor increases, according to a...How COVID-19 Impacted The Individual Health Insurance Marketplace
The individual health insurance marketplace saw changes in enrollment and in enrollees’ healthcare spending risk as a result of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, a Health Affairs study...US Drug Pricing Outstrips International Levels, Drives Spending
Prescription drug spending in the US drives healthcare spending primarily due to high US drug pricing, not necessarily because of the number of drugs that providers prescribe use, a Commonwealth Fund...CMS Rule Would Require Payers to Share Data on Drug Spending
The Biden administration has issued an interim final rule that requires group and individual health insurance market plans to send data related to prescription drug spending of both patients and their...Sponsored Article
Claims Payment Transformation Benefits Payer, Providers, and Members
Payers, providers, and members are all central to the healthcare experience, working together to create a seamless, coordinated encounter from registration and the clinical visit to claims payment and...Coronavirus Pandemic’s Impact on Insurer, Consumer Trends in 2021
The coronavirus pandemic has left its mark on health insurer and enrollee trends, an eHealth report confirmed. The report based its findings on over 2,200 anonymous survey responses from the American...COVID-19 May Push Americans To Change Plans For Open Enrollment
Many consumers are considering changing their healthcare plan during open enrollment 2022, a movement largely motivated by the coronavirus pandemic, according to a ValuePenguin study. The...KLAS Identifies Top Vendor for Core Administration Platforms
Core administration platforms are essential to a payer’s functions and KLAS has identified one platform that pulls ahead of most of its competitors on most metrics, according to a KLAS report...Sponsored Article
