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California: LTC Lethargy Continues
By Staff WriterCalifornia residents are somewhat more likely to say they have thought about private long term care insurance now than they were in 1994, but fewer than 10% have LTC coverage.
September 21, 2011
Feds: LTC Enrollment Rises 20%About 98% of the federal employees and dependents who signed up for the Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program coverage last year will be keeping their coverage this year.
September 21, 2011
BB&T to Acquire Liberty BenefitBB&T Insurance Services is expanding its distribution network in California.
September 21, 2011
Don't bury the leadAmerican humorist Evan Esar defined statistics as the science of producing unreliable facts from reliable figures.
September 21, 2011
Plan Administrator: Keep Pension, Health Data Rules the SameThe U.S. Labor Department should try to make the regulations governing the security of information at retirement plans and health benefits plans as similar as possible, and leave room for technology changes.
September 20, 2011
Avalere: Medicare Part D Pricing is ComplicatedThe average Medicare Part D prescription drug plan rate may be going down in 2012, but 6 of the top 10 players in the market are raising prices.
September 20, 2011
PPACA: HHS Provides $109 Million in Rate Review GrantsFederal regulators have provided more funding for state efforts to block what officials believe to be unreasonable health coverage premium increases.
September 20, 2011
AHIMA: ICD-10 Shift Creaks to LifeU.S. health care providers are at least starting to think about planning for a move to the ICD-10-CM diagnostic coding system.