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.
Walmart, Humana Move Closer as Separate Upheavals Threaten
By Zachary TracerMajor shifts in two industries are pushing both companies toward the same solution.
March 30, 2018
Getting Paid for Using Telehealth to Keep Women Alive Is Hard: Startup ExecUp till now, doctors have had to pay for YY's remote monitoring service out of their own pockets.
March 30, 2018
Long-Term Care Provider Agrees to $10M Settlement Over Medicaid BillingThe company allegedly got paid for long-term care services it had contracted out for nearly 200 enrollees, even as some of the patients never received any of the services.
March 30, 2018
A Walmart-Humana Deal Sounds Wild, But Would Make SenseHere's how Wall Street columnists see the idea of Walmart acquiring a major health insurer.
March 30, 2018
Sweeping Federal Disability Claim Regulations Take Effect SundayA benefits law specialist says the new regs will affect any plan with a disability determination trigger.
March 30, 2018
Uninsured Rate Fell in Most Counties in 2016: Census BureauTexas continued to have many uninsured, middle-income adults.
March 30, 2018
Insurers Get CMS Accounting Rules for Subsidy That DiedThe U.S. Department of Human and Health Services ended the CSR payment stream in September.
March 29, 2018
HealthCare.gov's Managers Prepare to Meet the IssuersOne topic on the agenda will be how exchange plan issuers can and should work with agents and brokers.