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.
PPACA: CMS to Test Payment Models
By Allison BellThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is about to try four different strategies for bundling provider payments.
August 23, 2011
BCG: National Carriers Branch OutNational health insurers seem to be about twice as likely as other types of carriers to move beyond the traditional health insurance market, according to consultants at Boston Consulting Group Inc.
August 23, 2011
Reliance Standard offering two new group linesReliance Standard Life Insurance Company, which specializes in flexible employee benefits, has launched two new lines of group coverage: voluntary critical illness (VCI) and voluntary accident (VAI) insurance.
August 23, 2011
NCQA: Let Exchanges Nudge Consumers Toward Better Value ServicesHealth insurance exchange design could affect the value of the health insurance services consumers buy, health plan quality experts say.
August 22, 2011
Legal Analysts: Feds Rushing Benefits Notice RulesEmployers and their benefits advisors may have to scramble to start using the proposed Summary of Benefits and Coverage and a proposed Uniform Glossary on time.
August 22, 2011
EHNAC to Accredit Health Data Tech ProvidersThe Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission, a nonprofit standards group created in 1993, is seeking technology firms that want to try a new accreditation program aimed at health information exchange technology service providers.
August 22, 2011
UBA: Health Account Plan Savings Not So GreatThe cost of employer-sponsored health plans that incorporate a personal account may be rising about as fast as the cost of other types of plans.
August 22, 2011
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