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.
Signify Health soared the most since its shares started trading last year as UnitedHealth Group, Amazon, CVS Health and Option Care Health competed to acquire the home health technology and services provider, according to people familiar with the matter. UnitedHealth has submitted the highest bid in excess of $30 a share, while Amazon’s offer is ...
The Biden administration released Friday a final rule that updates the arbitration process providers and insurers can use to settle out-of-network billing disputes after the federal government suffered several legal setbacks to the No Surprises Act. The final rules, released by the departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Treasury and Labor (DOL), implement the No ...
Millions of people in the United States will be spared from big increases in health care costs next year after President Joe Biden signed legislation extending generous subsidies for those who buy plans through federal and state marketplaces. The sweeping climate, tax and health care bill sets aside $70 billion over the next three years ...
Hearing aids are too expensive, too clunky and too hard to get, which means many Americans go without devices that would substantially improve their quality of life. That is why the Food and Drug Administration’s Tuesday announcement that it is finally shaking up the hearing aid market is such a big deal. The FDA finalized a rule ...
President Joe Biden signed into law a sweeping health, climate and tax bill Tuesday that includes funding for drought-plagued states like Nevada, measures to lower prescription drug prices for seniors and tax credits to bolster solar and other clean energy.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is shaking up operations to get out data faster and move more nimbly to respond to emerging outbreaks, according to a report from the Associated Press. The new initiative, announced Wednesday in an internal message, comes as the agency has faced criticism for a slow response to ...
A dramatic pickup in the pace of change for payers in the last year has created new priorities for health plan leaders, a new survey has found. The survey, conducted by payment integrity solution HealthEdge, reached more than 300 health plan leaders. Common themes, per a report of the survey results, included the move to ...
President Biden on Tuesday signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act, an ambitious measure that aims to tamp down on inflation, lower prescription drug prices, tackle climate change, reduce the deficit and impose a minimum tax on profits of the largest corporations.
Now that the approximately $700-billion package is set to become law, what will it mean for you? Here’s a look at how the bill’s provisions could impact Californians.
US employers expect health benefit cost per employee to rise 5.6% on average in 2023, according to early results from Mercer’s National Survey of Employer-Sponsored Health Plans 2022, which launched June 22 this year and remains open.