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CMS on Track to Use Up Early Retiree Program Funding
By Allison BellThe Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services says it will stop accepting applications for the Early Retiree Reinsurance Program in May because of lack of availability of funds.
March 30, 2011
CMS Schedules CO-OP MeetingThe Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan Advisory Board will meet April 15 to vote on recommendations for a CO-OP grant and loan award strategy.
March 30, 2011
HealthSpring Completes OfferingHealthSpring Inc. says it has raised about $301 million by selling 7.5 million shares of common stock to the public and 1.125 million shares to the offering underwriters.
March 30, 2011
Davis: Physician Schedules CountA health care system that is affordable and appears to offer high-quality care may not do much good if patients cannot actually get in to see the doctors.
March 30, 2011
Don't be that guyThe story is told of an insurance agent who one morning received a telephone call from the wife of his "best" client.
March 30, 2011
P-C Society to Try Health Insurance ResearchThe Society of Insurance Research has formed a health advisory panel.
March 30, 2011
Panel Eyes Cost of PPACA on Medicare ProvidersUnrealistically strict efforts to hold down Medicare providers reimbursement rates could backfire, by reducing the number of providers who take Medicare, according to an official at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
March 30, 2011
IRS Releases W-2 Group Health GuidelinesMost employers that send out more than 250 W-2 wage tax withholding forms in 2012 will have to provide information about how much they spend on the employees' group health coverage.