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.
Carrier Eases LTC Minimum
By Staff WriterJohn Hancock Life Insurance Company has reduced the participation requirements for small and midsize employer-sponsored long term care insurance plans.
April 07, 2009
Medicare Advantage Rate Fight BrewsMedicare Advantage program supporters in Congress are gearing up to fight for an increase in the newly proposed 2010 reimbursement rates.
April 07, 2009
Web Broker Adds Plan FinderNorvax Inc. is letting consumers feed life profile and financial preference data into a health coverage selector tool.
April 07, 2009
Aetna Expands Ohio OfficeA health insurer is hiring more workers for an office in the Midwest.
April 07, 2009
LTCI association examines benefits of planning earlyA study of over 250,000 individuals who purchased long-term care insurance last year shows there are benefits to starting the planning process in your 50s,...
April 07, 2009
Wolters: Brand-Name Drug Sales FallPatent expirations, insurers and the economy are helping generic prescription drugs increase their share of the market.
April 07, 2009
Milliman Updates GuidelinesA consulting firm has released a new edition of product that many insurers use to support utilization review and case management teams.
April 07, 2009
Tool Syncs Health Data ViewsOptumHealth Inc. has developed a system that can help doctors, hospitals and health plan administrators see the same information about a patient's health.