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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.
Segal: Gatekeepers Pull Ahead
By staff WriterHealth maintenance organization plans and other plans with gatekeepers could be doing a better job of holding down medical costs than high-deductible plans are.
October 04, 2010
InsWeb Acquires PotreroInsWeb Corp., a company that helps agents find consumers who need automobile insurance, has scooped up a firm that locates consumers who need health insurance.
October 04, 2010
FAQ: Medicare PDP TerminationDoes a standalone PDP termination/non-renewal trigger a guaranteed issue right for a Medicare supplement plan?
October 04, 2010
PPACA: AHIP Calls for Coding WorkshopTo make new preventive services benefits requirements work properly, federal agencies may need to help update coding and billing practices, according to America's Health Insurance Plans.
October 04, 2010
New York Fines Health CarrierNew York state has imposed $850,000 in fines on Aetna Inc. in connection with allegations of problems with explanation-of-benefit forms.
October 04, 2010
InsWeb Acquires PotreroInsWeb Corp., a company that helps agents find consumers who need automobile insurance, has scooped up a firm that locates consumers who need health insurance.
October 04, 2010
Producers: Keep Commissions out of MLR CalculationsInsurance agent groups want the National Association of Insurance Commissioners to tell states to exclude agent and broker commissions from medical loss ratio calculations.
October 04, 2010
New York Fines Health CarrierNew York state has imposed $850,000 in fines on Aetna Inc. in connection with allegations of problems with explanation-of-benefit forms.