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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: IRS Changes Rules for Blues
By Allison BellThe Internal Revenue Service has given nonprofit Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans that violate a new medical loss ratio requirements a mechanism to stay in compliance with tax accounting rules.
December 29, 2010
Worksite Clinics Aim HigherLarge employers are trying to get more value out of workplace clinics, researchers say.
December 29, 2010
PPACA: CMS Wants Fraud Detection ToolsThe federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has put out a solicitation for analytical tools that could help it detect fraudulent or wasteful Medicare, Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program payments.
December 29, 2010
Feds: PPACA Nondiscrimination Rules Too Confusing to RushFederal agencies have decided that the new Affordable Care Act group health nondiscrimination rules are too complicated for taxpayers to apply without regulatory guidance.
December 29, 2010
Grassley: Where are the Fraud Convictions?A senior Republican senator is asking whether the Obama administration is making effective use of the funding allocated for health care fraud investigations.
December 29, 2010
Worksite Clinics Aim HigherLarge employers are trying to get more value out of workplace clinics, researchers say.
December 29, 2010
NSCC Jumping into Insurance Data MarketThe National Securities Clearing Corp. wants to use insurance transaction processing information to start an insurance market data service.
December 29, 2010
PPACA: CMS Wants Fraud Detection ToolsThe federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has put out a solicitation for analytical tools that could help it detect fraudulent or wasteful Medicare, Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program payments.