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.
Humana Questions Medicare Assumptions
By Staff WriterThe Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is assuming that physicians who treat Medicare Advantage plan patients will accept a 20% pay cut in 2010.
February 23, 2009
CMS Shuts Down 2 WellCare PlansThe Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has ordered WellCare Health Plans Inc. to suspend sales of 2 Medicare plans, the company says.
February 23, 2009
EBSA Starts To Implement ARRAThe Employee Benefits Security Administration has set up a Web site to help employers comply with the new American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
February 23, 2009
CMS: Health Insurance Costs Rise Just 1.4%The amount U.S. residents spent on public and private health insurance administrative costs rose only 3.6% in 2007, down from 8.4% in 2006.
February 23, 2009
Uninsured Rose To 47 Million In 2006, Census Bureau ReportsAdding a new dimension to current political debates over health care,
February 22, 2009
Corporate Synergies ExpandsA benefits consulting and brokerage firm has opened an office in the Washington area.
February 22, 2009
Teamsters Stick With PBMA union has endorsed its incumbent pharmacy benefits manager for the sixth straight year.
February 22, 2009
Sun Life: Canadians Also Raid Nest EggsWorkers in Canada seem to be feeling some of the same intense financial pressure that U.S. workers are feeling.