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.
Insurer Bases Plans On HealthMarket Model
By Staff WriterUICI has introduced a new family of small group health plans that incorporate personal health accounts.[@@]UICI, North Richland Hills, Texas, says it has received ...
June 08, 2005
Sales Strategy: Supplement DI With CIDisability income insurance is a key tool in the arsenal of many insurance professionals, though it does have its limitations. However, if leveraged in ...
June 08, 2005
21st Century Medicines Hard Realities Make The Case For CI InsuranceA friend from abroad said to me a few years ago that critical illness insurance would not be much of a seller in the ...
June 08, 2005
CI Insurance Has Achieved LegitimacyThe status of the market in mid-2005 is positiveDuring the 2004-2005 period, the health care situation in the United States continued to demonstrate the ...
June 07, 2005
HHS Reports On Health Information Echange PlanThe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released initial specifications for a nationwide health care information exchange program.[@@]The report, "Summary of Nationwide ...
June 07, 2005
DOJ Ruling Limits HIPAA PenaltiesThe federal government probably can't prosecute individuals for violating the law protecting patient records, according to a published report.[@@]An opinion recently issued by the ...
June 06, 2005
HIPAA Compliance Survey BeginsPhoenix Health Systems Inc. and the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society are organizing a health privacy compliance survey.[@@]The survey will evaluate health care ...