Policy and Legislation
Not surprisingly, only about 10% of firms with fewer than 200 workers take advantage of self-insurance -- and almost no very small groups (fewer than 50 workers) use the product.
America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have announced they will work together to implement the National Diabetes Prevention Program, a program aimed at preventing type 2 diabetes in people identified as having prediabetes.
A new Urban Institute report challenging the notion, and some evidence, that the Affordable Care Act will likely lead to a drop in employer coverage suggests that employer-sponsored health insurance may actually increase under the healthcare law.
On October 10, 2012, CMS will hold a National Provider Call on Medicare Provider Enrollment.
Why does anyone really care about what Mitt Romney says about Medicare?
A new survey of America's physicians doesn't offer any surprises but paints a gloomy picture of the state of mind of the country's physician workforce.
The Medicare Strike Force unsealed indictments against 91 people in seven different cities who are accused of fraudulent billing to Medicare to the tune of $429.2 million.
Nonprofit health provider and insurance organization HealthPartners and Park Nicollet Health Care announced in late August they would combine operations in a move that would create the second largest healthcare system in Minnesota and one that also operates a 1.5 million-member strong health plan.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona and nonprofit health system Banner Health have announced an equal partnership designed to provide a coordinated Medicare Advantage plan to be known as Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Advantage.
Results of a new national survey conducted by Medicare Today and KRC Research shows that 9 in 10 seniors are satisfied with Medicare Part D prescription drug coverage, up from 78 percent satisfaction when the program was first launched.