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.
Lawmaker Goes to Bat for Plan Administrators
By Allison BellRep. Earl Pomeroy, D-N.D., is asking the U.S. Treasury Department to explain how it will interpret the new health account drug reimbursement rules.
July 08, 2010
Gregg to Lead AHIPVicky Gregg will be succeeding Jay Gellert as chairman of America's Health Insurance Plans.
July 08, 2010
PPACA: Panel Looks Harder at Medical Cost DefinitionCommenters are asking where provider capitation payments and travel medical insurance will fit in when states are enforcing new medical loss ratio standards.
July 08, 2010
PPACA: The Battle of the Health BlanksHealth system change trauma is affecting efforts by a National Association of Insurance Commissioners team to complete a supplement to health insurers' annual report forms.
July 08, 2010
Bay State Analysts Give Health Co-ops Mixed ReviewsSome small group health insurance purchasing cooperatives seem to work much better than others, according to health care access specialists in Massachusetts.
July 08, 2010
PCIP: Illinois Warns Against Pool HoppingThe new Pre-existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP) may be cheaper than the existing Illinois risk pool, but switching programs is a bad idea, officials say.
July 08, 2010
Tech Firms Eager to See Health Record CriteriaThe Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) is getting ready to unveil standards that could help lead to increased physician use of electronic health records.
July 08, 2010
Gregg to Lead AHIPVicky Gregg will be succeeding Jay Gellert as chairman of America's Health Insurance Plans.