Recent News & Comments About health insurance companies
State cuts temporary deals with 3 health insurance providers
The state is making temporary deals with three state employee health insurance providers until officials can determine which carriers should receive longer-term HMO contracts. The 90-day contracts with Health Alliance HMO, Health Alliance Illinois and Coventry Health Care HMO are among eight health insurance options available during the open enrollment period, which ends June 15.
Health Insurance Cutbacks Squeeze The Insured
More than 1 in 5 Americans had a problem getting insurance to pay for a hospital, doctor or other health care in the past year, according to a new poll by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard School of Public Health.
Insurers Must Improve Benefits for New Health Exchanges
Half the people who buy their own health insurance, rather than depend on an employer, are in plans that have fewer benefits than what the U.S. health-care law will require beginning in 2014, a study found.
Oklahoma House panel fails to advance insurance measure
The measure, Senate Bill 1059, was intended to allow insurance companies to offer standard health benefit plans, but critics said it would have allowed them to sell policies without providing required coverage.
I'm Paying for What?! Mandated Health Insurance Benefits
The medical treatments and drugs that your health insurance company must pay for depend a lot on where you live.
NZ private health insurance uptake hits 6-yr low
The number of kiwis taking out private healthcare insurance has fallen to the lowest level in more than six years, keeping the level of cover below the OECD average, as a weak economy and rising general insurance costs dent demand.Health...
Steven Kurlander: Health Industry Scrambling to Comply With Revised HIPAA Privacy and Disclosure Rules
When these changes are implemented by HHS, Americans will be able to the right to get a report from their medical providers or insurance companies detailing who has electronically accessed their protected health information.
Three Health Technology Companies To Watch
Last week, Towers Watson bought Extend Health, which allows retirees to choose from thousands of private Medicare plans according to their needs, instead of having their employer make the decision. Towers paid $435 million. One of the winners in that transaction was venture capital firm Psilos, which made in five years 10 times its investment in Extend Health?an unusual occurrence in health IT.
Numbers Behind Catholic Health Care Lawsuits
Catholic organizations are taking their grievances over the Affordable Care Act of 2010 to the courts. At issue is the mandate that requires health insurance companies to make contraceptives available to women. The Obama administration and the Department of Health and Human Services refused to allow a religious exemption, according to The Week. The numbers behind the lawsuit bear out the ...
Department of Health & Human Services Reports Unreasonable Health Insurance Rate Increases in 9 States, Zane Benefits ...
Zane Benefits Reports that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced that proposed rate increases by health insurance carriers were excessive and would affect over 42,000 residents in 9 states.Park City, UT (PRWEB) May 23, 2012 Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced last month that proposed rate increases ...
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