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HHS Inspector General OKs Medigap Hospital Network Incentive
By Allison BellA watchdog agency says a Medicare supplement insurer can use a $100 premium credit to reward enrollees who stay at hospitals in a preferred hospital network.
September 29, 2010
PPACA: Republicans Take Poke at Grandfather RegsThe Republicans today drew attention to their distaste for the Affordable Care Act by forcing a vote on Senate Joint Resolution 39, a measure that could have killed a set of act implementation regulations.
September 29, 2010
NAIC Strengthens Ties with TaiwanThe National Association of Insurance Commissioners and the Financial Supervisory Commission of the Republic of China have signed a memorandum of understanding.
September 29, 2010
Robert Frost and MedicareIn "The Road Not Taken", poet Robert Frost wrote: "I shall be telling this with a sigh somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -- I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference."
September 29, 2010
How Bout That, Eh?High staffing costs may contribute almost as much to the gap between U.S. and Canadian health spending levels as high administrative costs do.
September 29, 2010
How Bout That, Eh?High staffing costs may contribute almost as much to the gap between U.S. and Canadian health spending levels as high administrative costs do.
September 28, 2010
Edison Invests in PHXEdison Ventures is investing $4 million in Premier Healthcare Exchange Inc., a health care cost management firm.
September 28, 2010
PPACA: The Day of the Document UpdatersThe Affordable Care Act is creating plenty of work for the benefit plan administrators in charge of updating summary plan descriptions.