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.
LifePlans: LTC Carriers Botch Few Claim Denials
By Trevor ThomasResearchers say they could find few examples of private long term care insurers wrongly denying claims.
October 11, 2010
PBM: We Can Predict Who Will Stop Taking MedicineExpress Scripts Inc. says it now can identify health plan members who need extra help with taking prescribed medications.
October 11, 2010
HCA on PPACA: Let Exchange Plans Handle BillingManagers of the new health insurance exchanges should make participating plans collect all payments owed by member patients, according to a HCA Inc. representative.
October 11, 2010
IRS Adds W-2 Group Health Spending OptionEmployers that would like to report how much they spend on group health coverage for each employee will have a chance to do so in 2011.
October 11, 2010
Hancock LTC Rate Hike Rattles ProducersHancock told its distributors it would be filing for increases for in-force LTC policies in all states in September and October.
October 11, 2010
PPACA: EBSA Tries to Ease Employer FearsThe Employee Benefits Security Administration has come down on the side of health plan sponsors in several newly posted answers to questions about the Affordable Care Act.
October 11, 2010
Washington Gripped by UncertaintyAnd, given the current gridlock in Congress, and the likelihood it will get worse next year, the notion that the uncertainty will be swept away within a reasonable period of time is a pipe dream.
October 10, 2010
Washington Gripped by UncertaintyAnd, given the current gridlock in Congress, and the likelihood it will get worse next year, the notion that the uncertainty will be swept away within a reasonable period of time is a pipe dream.