Health insurers funded a record NZ$1.136 billion (US$818 million) in healthcare costs last year, an increase of 9.4% over 2015, according to the figures released by the Health Funds Association (HFANZ) yesterday.Archived articles are available to Magazine subscribers only. If you are already ...
A policy covering NZ$200,000 (US$145,611), for example, might be excessive given that nearly all private procedures in New Zealand fall beneath the NZ$100,000 (US$72,812) mark. As with all insurance purchases, it also pays to shop around and compare prices before making your decision....
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The Impact of Insurance Subsidies on Self-Employment: Do State Individual Health Insurance Market Structures Matter? This paper examines whether the effect of lowering the cost of health insurance for the self-employed through changes in the tax code on the prevalence of ... Heim, Bradley T.,I...
The convergence of health care players across life sciences, technology, consumer, insurance and more, may require interoperable data and open platforms, and could ultimately optimise efficiencies, lower overall cost, accelerate patient centricity and result in overall better care and outcomes. The abili...
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these laws include the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, violations of which can result in fines up to $1.5 million per year; the Affordable Care Act; and regulations set by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). HR also needs to review and enforce employment...
It is recommended that the healthcare insurance department dynamically adjust the reimbursement ratio based on the actual situation of patients to effectively alleviate the burden of medication costs. From the perspective of the annual treatment cost being a multiple of “CHE” for residents, the ...
The constantly aging population, expanded disease spectrum, along with increased health insurance coverage has posed unprecedented challenges to Chinese residents as well as the whole society, as reflected by the total number of hospital admissions across China which sharply increased from 95.24 million ...