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By Robert Laszewski | 09:17 am | October 11, 2012
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.
By Chris Anderson | 11:55 am | October 10, 2012
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.
By Anthony Brino | 02:04 pm | October 09, 2012
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.
By Debra A. McCurdy | 09:37 am | October 09, 2012
On October 10, 2012, CMS will hold a National Provider Call on Medicare Provider Enrollment.
By David Williams | 09:11 am | October 08, 2012
Why does anyone really care about what Mitt Romney says about Medicare?
By Stephanie Bouchard | 03:33 pm | October 05, 2012
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.
By Chris Anderson | 12:00 pm | October 05, 2012
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.
By Chris Anderson | 02:40 pm | October 04, 2012
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.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 02:38 pm | October 04, 2012
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.
By Chris Anderson | 11:56 am | October 04, 2012
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.