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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.
PPACA: HHS Seeks Carriers for Primary Care Investment Project
By Allison BellThe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services wants to try teaming up with public and private health plans to invest in modernizing primary care medical practices.
September 28, 2011
LTCI trends to watchThe long-term care insurance industry continues to evolve. Here's a review of the major trends and developments you need to monitor for your business.
September 28, 2011
Expand your LTCI sales options with linked productsIf your sales of new long-term care insurance policies have peaked, the hybrid life/LTCI and annuity/LTCI products could be the solution. Here are some suggestions for developing your hybrid business.
September 28, 2011
MetLife: More Women Thinking About LTC NeedsWomen are twice as likely as men to be very concerned about providing for their own or their spouses' long term care needs.
September 28, 2011
Out with the oldIn 1942, Joseph Schumpeter used the phrase "creative destruction" to describe "a process of industrial mutation that incessantly revolutionizes the economic structure from within, incessantly destroying the old one, incessantly creating a new one."
September 28, 2011
Kaiser-HRET: Employer-Based LTC ShrankSmall employers may be much less likely to offer long term care insurance benefits this year than they were in 2007.
September 28, 2011
NAIC Waiting for CMS Antifraud GuidanceThe National Association of Insurance Commissioners and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services are still in the preliminary stages of developing antifraud measures required by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010.
September 28, 2011
Deals: P-Solve, BB&TP-Solve Asset Solutions has completed the acquisition of Meridian Performance Services Ltd., an insurance consulting firm.