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.
Anna Sutton was shocked when she received a letter from her husband’s job-based health plan stating that Humira, an expensive drug used to treat her daughter’s juvenile arthritis, was now on a long list of medications considered “nonessential benefits.” The July 2021 letter said the family could either participate in a new effort overseen by ...
Americans are unsure whether they will have enough money saved to live comfortably in retirement amid market volatility and continued inflationary impacts. According to new research from Principal, just one-third of U.S. workers say they’re confident they’ll have enough money saved to enjoy activities they’ve dreamed of in retirement, and nearly half have concerns about keeping ...
Many employees who began working remotely during the pandemic are in no hurry to return to the office. Nearly 7 in 10 would rather look for a new job than go back, a new survey from Clarify Capital finds
If there is one consistent component of digital marketing — it is the fact that nothing stays the same. Tactics are in a constant state of change. The most effective strategy or campaign of March could be obsolete and ineffective by June.
Dive Brief: * Heightened expenses, ongoing staffing shortages and fewer patient discharges have hospitals facing negative margins near the end of the year, according to Kaufman Hall’s monthly national flash report out Wednesday. * Median operating margins have been in the red for 10 consecutive months and were down 2% in October from September. Median operating margins ...
Amazon Launching ‘Amazon Clinic,’ A Virtual Health Service Intended To Treat A Variety Of Conditions
Amazon is trying its hand at another healthcare service. The Seattle tech giant announced Tuesday that it’s launching “Amazon Clinic,” a new virtual care platform that uses message-based interaction to connect customers with third-party telehealth providers. The goal is to offer a convenient way to seek treatment for more than 20 common health conditions, including seasonal allergies, ...
With the 2023 Marketplace Open Enrollment now underway in all states, many are focused on the roll out of the so-called “family glitch” fix as one of the new changes to watch in this tenth Marketplace Open Enrollment.
According to a recent survey conducted by Morning Consult on behalf of AHIP’s Coverage@Work campaign, voters who receive health coverage through their jobs value telehealth and want the federal government to extend the telehealth flexibilities.
Some 70% of people want to age at home, yet only 10% have long-term care insurance, a recent HCG Secure/Arctos Foundation study found. Furthermore, about half of respondents had no idea how much in-home care would cost.
Newly released federal audits reveal widespread overcharges and other errors in payments to Medicare Advantage health plans for seniors, with some plans overbilling the government more than $1,000 per patient a year on average. Summaries of the 90 audits, which examined billings from 2011 through 2013 and are the most recent reviews completed, were obtained ...