Health Insurance
Health insurance news and analysis, with coverage of general health insurance trends, major medical insurance, disability insurance, dental insurance, vision plans, telemedicine plans, critical illness insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, short-term health insurance, the Affordable Care Act public exchange program, and more.
Texas insurance commish appoints health form committee
By Steven A. Meyerowitz, Esq., Director, FC&S LegalCommissioner Julia Rathgeber appointed a committee to advise her on the technical, operational and practical aspects of developing a standard form for requesting prior authorization of health care services.
April 03, 2014
Medicare to post individualized doctor pay dataPhysician groups have been fighting disclosure formore than three decades.
April 03, 2014
Tales from the PPACA plan surgeA cook brought in traffic in Alabama. An ad featuring an injured roofer helped in Mississippi.
April 03, 2014
Tales from the PPACA plan surgeA cook brought in traffic in Alabama. An ad featuring an injured roofer helped in Mississippi.
April 03, 2014
Alzheimer's panel calls for privacy changeProviders should be able to talk to relatives without the patient present, public members say.
April 03, 2014
Private exchanges may offer shelter from Cadillac taxAvoiding, or at least putting off, the so-called Cadillac tax in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is on a lot of employers minds.
April 03, 2014
Private exchanges may offer shelter from Cadillac taxAvoiding, or at least putting off, the so-called Cadillac tax in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is on a lot of employers minds.