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.
The deal expands Amazon's reach into primary care as it also operates Amazon Care, which offers both virtual care services as well as in-home care to employees and other companies.
Manchin has told Senate leadership that he will support the extension as part of a narrow spending bill aimed at lowering drug prices, according to a report in Politico. The development comes as the healthcare industry has been imploring Congress to extend the enhanced subsidies that will expire after this year.
While doctors agree it’s unlikely people will get infected twice with the same variant, it’s probable over the long term that new COVID variants could infect people again due to the lightning-speed evolution of the novel coronavirus.
While many workers are quitting their jobs, most are actually switching jobs. Employers in all sectors are working to meet demand and fill vacancies, but this competitive labor market can present opportunities for strategic leaders. Forward-thinking employers use data to understand the benefits priorities of their employees and candidates and craft a competitive recruitment and retention plan. Survey ...
Some 93% of small business owners are worried that the United States will enter a recession in the next six months, a survey released by Goldman Sachs showed on Wednesday, with a majority of firms saying the country was headed in the wrong direction. In the same survey a year ago, with increased vaccinations promising ...
The Biden administration on Friday extended the Covid-19 public health emergency for another three months. US Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra officially renewed the declaration, extending it through October 13, 2022. The emergency declaration has been in place since January 2020, and the latest renewal comes as the Omicron offshoot BA.5, ...
A new study found that more Medicare Part D beneficiaries paid the entire generic drug cost at least once in 2020 compared to 2017.
Depending on what you read and who you follow, we are still in a pandemic phase or transitioning from the pandemic to the endemic phase of COVID-19. This has an ongoing impact on the life insurance industry. The virus continues to mutate and, thus far, almost 90 million individuals in the U.S. have already reported ...
More than 100,000 monkeypox vaccine doses are being sent to states in the next few days, and several million more are on order in the months ahead, U.S. health officials said Friday. They also acknowledged the vaccine supply hasn’t kept up with the demand seen in New York, California and other places. Officials predicted cases will keep ...
A new analysis of marketplace insurers’ early rate filings in 13 states and the District of Columbia finds that they are seeking higher premium increases than in recent years, largely due to rising prices paid to hospitals, doctors and drug companies and increased use of services by enrollees. The median proposed rate increase is 10% across 72 ...