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.
Researchers: Simpler Billing Could Save Billions
By staff WriterA shift to a standard insurance claim form, standard reimbursement rules and standard claim submission rules could save U.S. physicians and their practices about $7 billion per year.
April 29, 2010
Q and A: What's Happening With Health Reform?The Agent's Sales Journal recently spoke with Richard L. Lungen, president of National Health Options, about the future of health insurance, and his organization's role in it.
April 29, 2010
Senior alert: How to avoid a fallAccording to the Centers for Disease Control, one-third of adults 65 and over will experience a fall each year.
April 29, 2010
IASB Seeks Comments On Pension Accounting DraftThe International Accounting Standards Board wants employers to move quickly to report changes in the value of defined benefit pension plan assets and the estimated value of benefits obligations.
April 29, 2010
MetLife: Protecting Income May Protect HappinessWorkers who suffered through disabling health problems with inadequate insurance tend to report being much less happy than comparable workers who had adequate disability coverage.
April 29, 2010
Senior alert: How to avoid a fallAccording to the Centers for Disease Control, one-third of adults 65 and over will experience a fall each year.
April 29, 2010
AAA Has Ear Of HHS OfficialsThe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has asked to talk to representatives from the American Academy of Actuaries about implementing the Affordable Care Act.
April 29, 2010
Feinstein's Federal Rate Authority Proposal Is Raising Alarms In The IndustryThe effort of Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., to add a provision to financial services reform legislation now pending in the Senate that would establish a federal health insurance rate authority is raising alarms in the insurance industry.