Healthcare Finance Staff
What does managed care even mean these days? As the field has ballooned, its substance has been diluted, though it will still be useful in the new healthcare economy.
The largest publicly run health plan in the nation, L.A. Care, is letting customers who do not have traditional bank accounts to pay their health insurance premiums with cash.
With another round of venture capital, Oscar Health Insurance is getting ready to enter new markets and try to become more than just a niche concierge health plan.
As federal regulatory initiatives up the ante on information sharing capabilities inside and outside a healthcare organization, the C-Suite is increasingly finding that a comprehensive terminology management strategy is critical.
Despite facing concerns about conflicts of interest, former UnitedHealth Group executive Andy Slavitt wants to blend the best of the private and public sectors in a bid to optimize the $1 trillion-plus health plans covering 140 million Americans.
What constitutes reasonable limitations and management of contraception as an essential preventive health benefit? In the wake of new data and some consumer complaints, HHS may try to resolve gray areas.
When Americans talk, pharmaceutical companies listen. And what they've heard is that initiatives to contain or regulate medical costs get labeled as "rationing," a word with very un-American connotations.
Kicking off the spring season of managed care earnings statements, UnitedHealth Group shows that business is bustling for modernizing American healthcare and expanding insurance.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is offering businesses long-awaited guidance on employee wellness programs, condoning controversial financial incentives while also raising some questions about other practices.
In an effort to make comparing hospitals more like shopping for refrigerators and restaurants, the federal government has awarded its first star ratings to hospitals based on patients' appraisals.