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ACA back at high court with billions on the line for insurers The latest case has largely flown under consumers’ radar. Nov 15, 2019, 4:48 PM Proposed Trump administration policy pushes for transparency in health care costs The Trump administration announced a policy that would require hos...
Comprehensive information that spans mental illnesses, cost-incurring sectors, and populations is needed so that health insurers, policymakers, and employers can gain a full understanding of the economic burden of untreated mental illness. Understanding the more complete economic burden of untreated mental...
A New Jersey law, for example, sets a 72-hour deadline for most claims. Texas created a "gold card" system that exempts physicians with a 90% approval rate from prior authorization requirements. Washington state sets deadlines and requires insurers to automate the process to speed approvals, ...
“To prepare for bioterrorism, hospitals must build surge capacity back in. Yet because they are reimbursed by health insurers only for patient care, hospital executives say they have no way to pay for bioterrorism preparedness. And because hospitals compete for patients, most have not engaged in...
health insurers have been shrinking physician networks – the number of in-network doctors available to patients in a given geographical area – in an apparent attempt to cut costs and pad their bottom line. A number of states have seen drastic reductions in coverage netwo...
200 to that cost. Insurers spend an average of $2,600, just $600 more than members pay. Clearly, Government reinsurance has a major impact first on insurers costs, which extend to members in the form of lower premiums. With economics favoring the great middle class, how would this be ...
Texas A&M University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain For people living in rural areas, accessing quality health care services can sometimes be difficult. A large portion of this difficulty can be boiled down to supply and demand. Rural residents tend to be older and less healthy, increasing...
investors that it was more than OK with that decline, noting that it ran off those customers through “targeted pricing actions in certain geographies.”What that means is that Cigna increased premiums so much for those folks that they either found other insurers or joined the ranks of the ...
After both insurers challenged the agency in court, the CMS improved scores for 12 UnitedHealth contracts and seven Centene contracts. By Rebecca Pifer • Dec. 4, 2024 Explore the Trendline➔ Trendline Labor Disputes between hospitals and workers are likely to continue even as the pandemic...