Chris Anderson
New York-based Empire BlueCross has launched an online store for Medicare Advantage insurance plans as it looks to cater to Baby Boomers who are more comfortable using online resources to make buying decisions.
In an effort to increase understanding of the tax and grandfathering provisions of healthcare reform, WellPoint has launched two new online tools to help business owners understand the implications of these provisions with their current health plan.
92 percent of insurance executives cite acquisition and retention of best risk among their top three priorities for managing their insurance plans under healthcare reform.
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will bring change to healthcare payers and providers, which should spur M&A activity in the coming years, according to a recent report from Deloitte.
A California doctor has sued Anthem Blue Cross, alleging it violated the "Any Willing Provider" law when it denied his application to become a part of Anthem's provider network.
Network Health, whose plans serve low and moderate income families, will offer chronic condition health coaching through a new agreement with Health Integrated.
The nation's pharmaceutical manufacturers will provide 50-percent discounts on the cost of covered brand-name prescription drugs for beneficiaries in the Medicare Part D coverage gap - the so-called doughnut hole - starting in 2011.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced Tuesday that average premiums for the 11 million seniors covered by Medicare Advantage plans will decline by 1 percent in 2011.
The National Committee for Quality Assurance has named Harvard Pilgrim Health Care the top-rated private healthcare plan in the United States in its annual rankings, released Sept. 17.
While healthcare providers of all sizes grapple with the upcoming change to a ICD-10 and its more robust method of coding medical procedures and care, providers should also prepare for a sobering reality: Coder productivity is likely to drop significantly in the early months of implementation.