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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.
Medical research will now include elderly
By staff WriterA new trend in healthcare, known as comparative effectiveness research (CER), in which drugs, devices and therapies are studied to determine their effectiveness for a given population, is being expanded to include treatments for elderly patients.
July 14, 2010
PPACA: Independent Denial Reviewers Call for ChangesRegulators should make the health plan decision appeals process more independent, according to a group that represents independent review organizations.
July 14, 2010
PPACA: Agencies Release Preventive Care RegsHealth insurers and group health plans will have to eliminate patient out-of-pocket costs for some types of preventive care services, but they may be able to use their usual rules for paying for the preventive-care office visits.
July 14, 2010
WL Ross Goes After Health Care DealsWilbur L. Ross Jr., an investor who has specialized in overhauling troubled companies, is joining with Edwin "Mac" Crawford to look for opportunities in the health care sector.
July 14, 2010
Q&A With a Health Insurance Agent: Helen HoganHelen Hogan is a financial advisor with Professional Economic Growth Group in Edison, NJ.
July 14, 2010
WL Ross Goes After Health Care DealsWilbur L. Ross Jr., an investor who has specialized in overhauling troubled companies, is joining with Edwin "Mac" Crawford to look for opportunities in the health care sector.
July 14, 2010
PPACA: Agencies Release Preventive Care RegsHealth insurers and group health plans will have to eliminate patient out-of-pocket costs for some types of preventive care services, but they may be able to use their usual rules for paying for the preventive-care office visits.
July 14, 2010
Guardian widens availability of critical illness plansThe Guardian Life Insurance Company of America (Guardian), New York, has recently made several enhancements to its critical illness plans aimed at increasing flexibility and giving access to more employees.