Compliance
This section focuses on health care compliance and regulations – both national and state – including the ACA. It includes changes in health care law, regulation, and court decisions and their impact on health insurance professionals, employers, and individuals.
California's insurance exchange said 48,950 new people signed up for Obamacare coverage during the first three weeks of open enrollment.
More than 1 million people signed up for Obamacare plans on HealthCare.gov in the week leading up to a key deadline, pushing total enrollment on that federal insurance exchange up to 2.4 million, officials announced Tuesday.
A contingency of 18 Democratic California lawmakers urged Attorney General Kamala Harris on Thursday to block the sale of six hospitals to Ontario-based Prime Healthcare, citing concerns that "under Prime, patient care and healthcare worker rights will suffer at these hospitals."
As we prepare to close the books on 2014, now is the time to start thinking harder about 2015 -- and 2016.
California's health insurance exchange extended its deadline for consumers who want Obamacare coverage in effect beginning Jan. 1.
Many Californians eligible for Medi-Cal or Covered California -- particularly in families of mixed immigration status -- have been reluctant to seek coverage.
The Obama administration on Thursday said that millions of people with health insurance purchased in the new federal marketplace would need to switch to different health plans to avoid increases in premiums or reductions in the subsidies they received from the government.
A Senate hearing on Wednesday into the staggering cost of specialty drugs to treat the deadly Hepatitis C virus has once again raised the question of how far the government should go to try to beat down pharmaceutical costs without discouraging research and development or creating drug shortages.
Confusion about whether some types of job-based coverage disqualify consumers from signing up for subsidized insurance through the health law's marketplaces may lead some people to buy skimpier employer plans instead.
When Olivia Papa signed up for a new health plan last year, her insurance company assigned her to a primary care doctor.