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Health insurance exchanges, mandated under the Affordable Care Act, are intended to bring parity to employee health insurance costs nationwide. Findings from a new survey show that might be more difficult than expected.
A Connecticut state senator and a union-backed labor group are calling on Gov. Jodi Rell to dismiss Insurance Commissioner Thomas R. Sullivan for what they contend is politically motivated lax oversight of health insurers in the state.
The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research says 3 million Californians are enrolled in high-deductible health plans - which are often the only insurance the self-employed or those with low incomes can afford.
Anthem Blue Cross has announced the launch of a new website in California designed to provide reliable, up-to-the-minute information to women about health issues specific to them.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is weighing what quality measures to use for a website it is developing to help consumers compare physicians, an offering that is required under the health reform law enacted earlier this year.
The American Medical Association has joined 65 national physician organizations in urging Congress to stop the 30 percent Medicare pay cuts to take effect at the end of the year.
There’s never a dull moment with healthcare reform.
Patient bad debt is becoming a serious threat to profitability at healthcare organizations nationwide, representing an estimated $65 billion in uncollected revenues in 2010. And, while self-pay patients do account for some of this debt, insured patients who neglect to pay balances after the payer pays its portion represent the fastest growing segment of individuals with outstanding medical bills.
Back in March, on the day he signed the healthcare overhaul into law, President Obama conceded that the administration still had a lot of educating to do.
The Medagate Corporation, a provider of healthcare benefit services, has announced a partnership with pre-paid card and transaction processing company InComm to launch the OTCNetwork, a national over-the-counter benefits disbursement and redemption network for Medicare Advantage plan members.