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.
Bay State Health Program Hits Medicaid Service
By Staff WriterThe new Massachusetts health coverage expansion program may be creating more hassles for the state's low-income residents.Alan Raymond, a health care finance consultant, describes that ...
May 22, 2007
Great-West Program Minimizes Employee ContributionsAn insurer is offering a program that turns back the clock for employers that want to maximize the percentage of workers who have some kind ...
May 22, 2007
Firm Says Tools Boost Health Account UseEmployees who analyze health spending are more likely to enroll in flexible spending account and health savings account programs, according to a decision support software ...
May 22, 2007
Towers Perrin: Confusion Plagues Account PlansUsers of health account plans appear to be much less satisfied than users of traditional managed care plans.Consultants at Towers Perrin Inc., Stamford, Conn., have ...
May 22, 2007
Firm Says Tools Boost Health Account UseEmployees who analyze health spending are more likely to enroll in flexible spending account and health savings account programs, according to a decision support software ...
May 22, 2007
Producers See Rising Awareness Of LTC InsuranceConsumers' interest in long term care insurance is growing, according to most agents and brokers surveyed recently by John Hancock Financial Services Inc.When Hancock researchers ...
May 21, 2007
CMS Proposes Medicare Compliance ChangesFederal officials say they will keep closer tabs on private companies that run Medicare plans and Medicare prescription drug plans.The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid ...
May 21, 2007
Carrier: Exercise Program Slashes ClaimsMedical expenses for health plan members who qualified for fitness center incentive payments were 33% lower than expenses for comparable plan members who received no ...