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Humana's Well Dine delivers millionth meal
By staff WriterSince 2006, more than 81,000 Humana Medicare Advantage members have taken part in the company's Well Dine program, in which nutritious meals are delivered to members' homes following discharge from a medical facility.
November 21, 2010
A Flawed but Diligent WatchdogNational Underwriter's reporting on the National Association of Insurance Commissioners this issue shows an organization devoted to the public interest but often torn by demands of the industry it regulates.
November 21, 2010
Schiff Speaks OutIn the view of David Schiff, the feisty editor/writer of the Insurance Observer, the publication that gave the insurance industry fits from 1989 to 2007,
November 21, 2010
Follow the Money: Bankrolling the NAICThe NAIC is a growing, almost 140 year-old, $75 million-a-year plus organization that NPR recently called an "obscure group" on a Morning Edition show about implementing health care.
November 21, 2010
Who's Watching the NAIC Henhouse?Recent deliberations of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners on health care reform have rekindled an old question:
November 21, 2010
PPACA: Minimum MLR Regs Leave Wiggle Room for Mini Meds, CommissionsThe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is adopting most of the minimum medical loss ratio guidelines draft that was approved by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners Oct. 21.
November 19, 2010
NAHU Survey: Members Spend Most of Time on Client-ServicingA new survey by the National Association of Health Insurers shows that more NAHU members spend more than 50% of their time servicing clients outside the sales process.
November 19, 2010
Insurer Group Lauds Medmal ProposalsThe Physician Insurers Association of America is pointing to conclusions by two bipartisan panels for medical malpractice reform as supporting its views that sensible legal reforms curbing medmal claims are critical for deficit reduction policies to work.