Insurance Commissioner Teresa Miller today reminded Pennsylvania consumers that the open enrollment period for 2017 health insurance coverage available through the federal marketplace at www.Healthcare.gov closes at 11:59 p.m. on January 31. More … [Continue reading]
Living Beyond Breast Cancer Creates Healthcare Newsroom
To help people affected by breast cancer understand and prepare for changes to healthcare insurance policies that might affect them, Living Beyond Breast Cancer (LBBC) has created a Healthcare Newsroom on LBBC.ORG. … [Continue reading]
Milliman Identifies 6 Questions Arising from the Trump ACA Executive Order
Milliman, Inc., the premier global consulting and actuarial firm, has published six questions for consideration by healthcare stakeholders about the Trump Administration's recent executive order, which gives a sweeping command to the leaders of the … [Continue reading]
MailMyPrescriptions.com Agreement with Aon Benefit and National General Subsidiaries
MailMyPrescriptions.com has entered into an agreement with Alliance HealthCard of Florida, Inc. Alliance HealthCard of Florida, Inc., a division of Aon Benefit Solutions, Inc., an Aon subsidiary (NYSE: AON), will make mailmyprescriptions.com … [Continue reading]
Arriva Medical Update From Alere
Alere Inc. (NYSE: ALR), a global leader in rapid diagnostic tests, has provided an update on the decision by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to revoke Arriva Medical's Medicare billing privileges. … [Continue reading]
ReWalk Robotics Exoskeleton System Donated to Paralyzed British Citizen
ReWalk Robotics Ltd. (Nasdaq: RWLK) ("ReWalk"), the leading global exoskeleton developer and manufacturer, announced today the donation of a ReWalk Personal 6.0 System to Daniel Timms, who sustained a spinal cord injury (SCI) in 2012 in a parachuting … [Continue reading]
WellCare To Acquire Medicaid Assets Of Phoenix Health Plan
WellCare Health Plans, Inc. (NYSE: WCG) has signed a definitive agreement to acquire certain assets, including Medicaid membership and certain provider contracts, from Phoenix Health Plan (PHP), a wholly owned managed care subsidiary of Tenet … [Continue reading]
Harmony Health Plan Helps Kidz Korna Make the Holidays Special
Harmony Health Plan, Inc., a subsidiary of WellCare Health Plans, Inc. (NYSE: WCG), gave $10,000 to Kidz Korna to help make the holidays special for thousands of children living in Chicago's low-income communities, such as Englewood, Bronzeville, … [Continue reading]
Chubb promotes Graham Lambourne
Chubb today announced that Graham Lambourne, currently Global Clients Claims Manager, Europe has been promoted to the role of Head of Multinational Claims for Overseas General Insurance. … [Continue reading]
Goodman Institute Health Economist: No Replacement for Obamacare
Finding a replacement for Obamacare that their colleagues will support may prove to be an impossible task for Republicans on Capitol Hill, says a health economist familiar with the obstacles involved. … [Continue reading]
ApolloMed And Network Medical Management Announce Merger
Apollo Medical Holdings, Inc. ("ApolloMed" or "the Company") (OTC: AMEH), an integrated population health management company, and Network Medical Management, Inc. ("NMM"), one of the largest healthcare Management Services Organizations (MSOs) in the … [Continue reading]
9 Oral Health Hazards of Holiday Stress
Holiday stress can be a pain in the neck…and the teeth, warns Delta Dental. If too much family time or the mad dash for last minute gifts causes you to grind or clench your teeth, be aware that it can cause your teeth to ache, wear down, become … [Continue reading]
Medicare Hospital Star Ratings Gives Flawed Quality Snapshot
Medicare's star ratings of hospitals fail to provide the public with an easy comparison of the quality of inpatient care provided. An analysis by J. Graham Atkinson, D.Phil., Jayne Koskinas Ted Giovanis Foundation for Health and Policy (JKTG) … [Continue reading]
WellStar and Blue Cross Reach Agreement
Over the past year, numerous insurers have left the federal health insurance exchange, which has left many Georgians with few options for health insurance and made their preferred providers and hospitals out of network. For some patients, they would … [Continue reading]
David Klein Joins NextHealth Technologies’ Board of Directors
NextHealth Technologies Inc., a prescriptive analytics and consumer engagement platform that measurably reduces medical costs for health plans, announced that David H. Klein has joined its board. As a CEO with over 30 years of experience managing … [Continue reading]
WellCare Employees Spread Holiday Cheer with Metropolitan Ministries
WellCare Health Plans, Inc. (NYSE: WCG) announced that its employees are giving back to the Tampa Bay community this holiday season by volunteering with Tampa-based, social-service agency Metropolitan Ministries, which provides life-changing support … [Continue reading]
Emerge Launches New Online Tool
Emerge, an online platform that reimagines how consumers purchase emergency insurance, has announced that its site is live and ready to educate individuals and help them avoid the risk of medical debt. … [Continue reading]
Veterans Groups Applaud New Rule
Veterans Deserve Care, a grassroots coalition committed to reducing wait times in VA facilities, applauded a decision by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to finalize a rule allowing veterans to receive high-quality care by providing … [Continue reading]
City of Fort Worth Partners with Employer Direct Healthcare
The City of Fort Worth (the "City") is pleased to announce the expansion of its member healthcare coverage offering starting January 2017 through Employer Direct Healthcare's SurgeryPlus®, a supplemental benefit for non-emergent surgeries that … [Continue reading]
Blue Shield of California Foundation Awards $3.9 million
Blue Shield of California Foundation announced today $3.9 million in fourth-quarter grantmaking, raising its total 2016 giving to more than $29 million to advance its mission to improve health equity and end domestic violence in California. … [Continue reading]
PAMCIG and Next Wave Insurance Partner
The Pennsylvania Medical Cannabis Industry Group ("PAMCIG") has partnered with Next Wave Insurance Services, LLC ("Next Wave"), which is backed by top rated insurance and reinsurance carrier partners providing comprehensive insurance coverage … [Continue reading]
GetInsured Acquires Array Health
GetInsured, a market leader in individual health insurance ecommerce, announced recently that it has acquired Array Health, a leading provider of group health insurance ecommerce technology. Together, the companies will make it possible for insurers, … [Continue reading]
Study shows 30% of Americans don’t know their health plan deductible
The U.S. business group of Sun Life Financial has released a study titled "Voluntary Benefits: An Unknown but Needed Option," illustrating that due to health care costs continuing to rise, American workers need to adequately understand what … [Continue reading]
AMSUS Announces Executive Advisory Board Plans to Improve Federal Health Care Policy
AMSUS, The Society of Federal Health Professionals, announced the creation of a new board, the Executive Advisory Board (EAB), during its Annual Meeting in Maryland recently. … [Continue reading]
Home Health Community Urges Congress to Enact Pre-Claim Undermines Seniors’ Health (PUSH) Act
The Partnership for Quality Home Healthcare — a coalition of home health providers dedicated to improving the integrity, quality, and efficiency of home healthcare for our nation's seniors – recently urged Congress to pass the Pre-Claim Undermines … [Continue reading]
UK Lags Behind Europe in Readiness for Old Age
Research shows old age is seen as a problem, worries about healthcare and social services and people not prioritising or doing enough to prepare for their own retirement. Research conducted by Chase de Vere, the national firm of independent financial … [Continue reading]
Accolades Recognize Preeminence of FAIR Health Consumer Website
FAIR Health's consumer website marked another year as the preeminent site for consumers to access accurate, actionable healthcare cost estimates and health insurance information. In a time of flux in healthcare policy at the federal and state levels, … [Continue reading]
International Medical Group Unveils New Logo and Branding
International Medical Group® (IMG®), a leader in global benefits and assistance services, recently announced the company’s new corporate branding and logo. … [Continue reading]
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas Offers 2017 Open Enrollment
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas (BCBSTX) is the only carrier offering retail health benefit plans on the Texas Health Insurance Marketplace in every county of the state in 2017 with Blue Advantage HMO? and Blue Advantage Plus HMO? plans. These … [Continue reading]
Still Time To Sign Up For Magnolia Health Medicare Advantage During The 2017 Annual Enrollment Period
The annual enrollment period for Medicare ends next week for most Medicare beneficiaries. For the first time, Magnolia Health, is offering a Medicare Advantage HMO, available to anyone eligible for Medicare and living in the following counties in … [Continue reading]
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