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By Healthcare Finance Staff | 01:41 pm | December 13, 2013
With HealthCare.gov better able to process applications, the focus now is making sure that consumer enrollment information sent to insurers is accurate so that coverage can be activated without a hitch Jan. 1 and advance payments to insurers based on tax credits can proceed.
By Anthony Brino | 12:57 pm | December 13, 2013
About 100,000 Iowans newly eligible for Medicaid are set to get private insurance coverage through a demonstration project approved by the federal government, the second Medicaid "private option" okayed this year.
By Fiona Jensen | 11:42 am | December 13, 2013
Our weekly look at career moves in the healthcare finance sector. This issue highlights promotions, hires and fires for the week ending December 13, 2013.
By Stephanie Bouchard | 10:56 am | December 13, 2013
Stakeholders must keep the momentum going in order to sustain improvements in population health.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 10:24 am | December 13, 2013
Amid all the reimbursement and diversification strategies insurers are adopting in response to health reform, the Regence parent company is betting on its employees to nurture a portfolio of health technologies and services.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 09:07 am | December 13, 2013
To keep premium prices down for individuals and small businesses buying coverage through new online marketplaces, insurers have created smaller networks of hospitals. But consumers and policy experts have wondered, just how small? Turns out, many are very small.
By Julie Appleby, Kaiser Health News | 09:07 am | December 13, 2013
To keep premiums down on the new insurance marketplaces, payers have created smaller networks of hospitals. But just how small are they?
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 03:50 pm | December 12, 2013
Centene is expanding its role servicing high need populations, buying a majority stake in a home care management company.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 03:02 pm | December 12, 2013
Amid a less-than-ideal start to health insurance exchanges, the Obama Administration is extending the pre-existing condition insurance plan for one month.
By Paul Cerrato | 10:45 am | December 12, 2013
If we have learned anything from the HealthCare.gov debacle, it's that managers need to choose their IT advisors wisely.