Electronic Health Reporter

JANUARY 19, 2021

2020 is behind you, and it’s the season to roll up your sleeves, pull out your documents, open your checkbook, and work to choose the right health insurance plan to meet your needs for 2021. […]. The article 6 Tips For Choosing The Right Health Insurance Plan appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Healthcare Dive

AUGUST 4, 2023

Payers didn’t reimburse doctors in more than half of arbitration award cases, according to a survey from clinician group Americans for Fair Health Care.

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Healthcare Dive

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Many payers beat Wall Street expectations in the quarter, despite ongoing utilization concerns. Other hot topics? Medicare Advantage stars, Medicaid redeterminations, individual exchange growth and GLP-1s.

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Healthcare Dive

MARCH 17, 2023

Access to local and convenient care is critical for a community’s health. However, the current approach from payers puts this at risk, argues Antonio Rios, chief of population health at Northeast Georgia Health System.

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Kaiser Health News

JANUARY 12, 2024

Still, “we know from surveys and other data that, even 10 years on, a lot of people are unaware there are premium subsidies available through ACA marketplaces,” said Sabrina Corlette , co-director of the Center on Health Insurance Reform at Georgetown University. 1 and runs until Jan. 16 in most states.

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Electronic Health Reporter

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

This is a common question for those weighing the options of whether to get insured or not. Over the past few years, affordable health has sparked debate in America and across the world. The article Is Health Insurance Worth It? This has […]. appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 18, 2023

What You Should Know: Venteur , the digital health startup helping companies provide personalized health insurance options to their employees, has closed a seed funding round at $7.6 Using Venteur’s platform, employers provide pre-tax dollars to buy health insurance.

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Center for Health Insurance Reform

JUNE 28, 2024

Several states are now using their health insurance rate review authority to push insurers to increase their investment. significantly under-invests in primary care, even though the benefits of primary care access are well known.

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Center for Health Insurance Reform

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Continue reading → The post The Erosion of Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance and Potential Policy Responses appeared first on Center on Health Insurance Reforms.

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Fierce Healthcare

MAY 30, 2023

Denials of health insurance claims are rising—and getting weirder pminemyer Tue, 05/30/2023 - 10:51

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 25, 2023

What You Should Know: – Angle Health, a digital first health insurance carrier raises $58M in Series A funding, making health insurance more convenient, approachable, and affordable for employers and members.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 8, 2021

He takes on health insurance. However, I think he captured how many doctors think about insurance (right or wrong). Health insurance pic.twitter.com/CbqobWGYId — Dr. Glaucomflecken (@DGlaucomflecken) October 7, […]. Glaucomflecken’s latest TikTok is going to rile some people up.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 8, 2022

CrowdHealth plans to reinvest that funding back into the company—growing the CrowdHealth community and providing more tools for members that want to take charge of their healthcare and affordably break free from health insurance. Why It Matters.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Charlie Byrge, Senior Vice President of Tendo Surprise medical bills can be a major headache for anyone, but they can be annoyingly common for those with high-deductible health insurance plans (HDHPs). In fact, half of patients with an HDHP state they have received a surprise medical bill , even though they have insurance coverage.

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Center for Health Insurance Reform

MARCH 31, 2023

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) recently celebrated its 13th anniversary with historic enrollment growth in the health insurance Marketplaces and the lowest-ever recorded uninsured rate. Stakeholder Perspectives on CMS’s 2024 Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters: Health Insurers

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NEJM

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The United States has a patchwork system of health insurance coverage, in which people’s access to coverage and services varies with their birthplace, age, job, income, location, and health status.

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Center for Health Insurance Reform

AUGUST 22, 2022

In a new post for the Commonwealth Fund, CHIR experts highlight different approaches states are taking to reduce health care disparities for diabetic patients. Continue reading → The post Using Health Insurance Reform to Reduce Disparities in Diabetes Care appeared first on Center on Health Insurance Reforms.

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Healthcare Dive

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Why health plan consumer experience matters; from the perspective of a stressed-out son.

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HealthIT Answers

JUNE 9, 2024

By Nathaniel Arana - Since January 1, 2023, The Transparency in Coverage Rule required health insurance providers and health insurers to provide price information to participants in a publicly accessible place. This means consumers should, in theory, be able to to go to any payer’s website and see.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 14, 2024

The premium for employer-sponsored health plans grew by 6-7% between 2023 and 2024, according to the report on Employer Health Benefits 2024 Annual Survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation, KFF’s 26th annual study into U.S. companies’ spending on workers’ health care. will indeed keep on keepin’ on.

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Center for Health Insurance Reform

MAY 16, 2023

The Affordable Care Act established health insurance Marketplaces to facilitate enrollment in comprehensive and affordable health insurance. Most states rely on the federal government to run their Marketplace, but recently, several states have expressed interest in taking over Marketplace operations.

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HIPAA Journal

APRIL 6, 2022

An audit of Connecticut’s Health Insurance Exchange, Access Health CT, by the state auditor has revealed Access Health CT suffered 44 data breaches over the last 3.5 Access Health CT said it is also strengthening its internal purchasing policies and procedures and will be revising its contract procurement policy.

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Healthcare Dive

AUGUST 14, 2023

The health system alleges providers have lost at least $19 billion per year as a direct result of MultiPlan’s anticompetitive agreements with major payers, including UnitedHealth, Aetna and Elevance.

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Electronic Health Reporter

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

A new generation of health insurers has appeared in recent years, gradually gaining momentum in key markets in part by claiming to offer a more modern, digital consumer […]. The article New Wave of Health Insurers Driving Change for Members and Incumbent Plans appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 10, 2024

Power reveals significant shortcomings in the digital experiences offered by health insurance providers in the United States. Healthcare Digital Experience Study found that a surprising 42% of insured adults have encountered problems using their health insurance company’s website or app in the past year.

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Compliance Now

APRIL 6, 2022

Notably, the rules only impact whether an individual is eligible for federally subsidized health insurance; they DO NOT change the affordability requirements for applicable large employers under the ACA’s employer mandate. If finalized, the new rules will increase access to federal subsidies beginning January 1, 2023.

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Modern Healthcare

MAY 2, 2023

The law is one of three changes that could affect Georgians who get subsidized health insurance through the state and federal government.

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Center for Health Insurance Reform

AUGUST 29, 2022

If finalized, the regulation will have significant implications for health insurers and provide important nondiscrimination protections for insurance enrollees. Proposed Regulations Strengthen Nondiscrimination Protections for Health Insurance Enrollees appeared first on Center on Health Insurance Reforms.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 8, 2020

who benefits from health insurance at the workplace, the annual family premium will average $21,342 this year, according to the 2020 Employer Health Benefits Survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation. Workers receiving health insurance through their jobs have seen their portfolio of benefits changing over the years.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Jessica Altman, Pennsylvania’s insurance commissioner sums it up well : “When we talk about bringing something back to state control, that is a real narrative that can appeal to both sides of the aisle. There is nothing political about making health insurance more affordable.”.

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Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 18, 2023

Health insurers well-positioned to weather inflation, utilization shifts in 2023: Fitch. Wed, 01/18/2023 - 16:51.

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Jane Sarashon

JUNE 10, 2024

Health insurance plans make mainstream media news every week, whether coverage deals with the cost of a plan, the cost of out-of-network care, prior authorizations, or cybersecurity and ransomware attacks, among other front-page issues.

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Healthcare Dive

AUGUST 8, 2023

UnitedHealth, CVS, Elevance and peers sidestepped the worst of medical cost growth in the quarter, but many payers face uncertainty from Medicare Advantage star ratings, GLP-1s and other pressures.

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Healthcare Dive

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

A majority of those workers cited affordability as the main barrier to getting coverage, according to a poll from insurance broker Stride Health.

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Center for Health Insurance Reform

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

To help consumers and enrollment assisters during this nationwide coverage event, we’ve updated our Navigator Resource Guide with new content about transitioning between Medicaid and private health insurance.

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The Health Law Firm Blog

JUNE 23, 2024

is Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On September 27, 2021, Humana agreed to pay $11.2 million to end claims that the health insurance company denied a group of nurses overtime pay by misclassifying them as exempt employees. By George F. Indest III, J.D., A Wisconsin federal judge approved the [.]

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Health Populi

JULY 17, 2023

Most patients, nurses and doctors believe that health insurance plans reduce access to health care which contributes to clinician burnout and increases costs, based on three surveys conducted by Morning Consult for the American Hospital Association (AHA). We must shift our True North mantra for improving health care in the U.S.

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