Industry Updates
This broad category includes articles concerning health insurance costs, carrier and health plan news, changing benefits technology, and surveys by the Kaiser Family Foundation and others on employee benefits.
Insurers are likely to pay $1.1 billion in Affordable Care Act (ACA) medical loss ratio rebates in 2024, according to a new analysis. Payers have made a total of $11.8 billion in rebates since 2012, when they became required under the ACA, according to a report from KFF and data compiled by Mark Farrah Associates. Health plans ...
Major retailers are abandoning or scaling back their ambitions to become health care providers — but don’t look for them to pull out of the market entirely. Why it matters: Retailers hoping to grab a bigger piece of the $4.5 trillion health care market are likely to lean into their core strengths: consumer products, alongside some health services ...
One of the many ways that the 2020 pandemic ushered in change in our lives was by increasing the prevalence of remote and virtual client and work interactions. No longer do meetings and presentations need to be in person. The pervasiveness of virtual business meetings and our sometimes lack of physical interaction has coined a ...
America’s Health Insurance Plans is meeting in Las Vegas this week, and everything has changed. A year ago, the health insurers that belong to AHIP were focusing on efforts to expand and improve Medicare plan operations. UnitedHealth was excited about its newly acquired Change Healthcare health data services unit. This year, the Centers for Medicare ...
Since employees generally go along with most retirement plan provisions, adding plan design features, such as auto-enrollment and auto-increase, are some of the fastest ways to help boost participation rates, says a new survey.
The nearly 180 million Americans with private health insurance coverage have experienced increased premiums and decreased benefits. However, little is known about how changes in privately insured families’ contributions to insurance premiums and out-of-pocket spending have affected the financial burden.
Companies are increasing access to new blockbuster weight-loss drugs for employees, but size of employer may make a big difference in early access. Small businesses and their workers are often stuck between a rock and a hard place when it comes to this burgeoning health insurance coverage market. Small businesses employ roughly half of the ...
Dr. Anthony Fauci said in congressional testimony that he reviewed no scientific evidence behind the specific recommendations for masking children or maintaining 6-foot social distancing before advocating these policies during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. The revelations come from the full transcript, released Friday, of Fauci’s closed-door transcribed interview session in January before the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic. The publication ...
CVS Health continues to invest heavily in healthcare delivery services with a focus on affordability, convenience and better access to primary care. “What we’re fundamentally trying to do is build that world of health around every American,” Sree Chaguturu, M.D., CVS Health’s executive vice president and chief medical officer, said Thursday at the thINc360 – The ...
Gov. Gavin Newsom contends his budget maintains core health care services for Californians. Doctors and other providers are alarmed by his proposed cut to Medi-Cal, a state insurance program used by millions.