Susan Morse
Healthcare bill expected to come up again next year, but insurers are dealing now with loss of cost-sharing reduction payments.
Anthem Technology Center will create new capabilities to enhance the consumer healthcare experience, help improve quality and lower healthcare costs, insurer says.
New York City insurer joins Aetna and CVS CareMark in suffering HIPAA breach based on these types of envelopes.
Insurance and provider organizations warn Congress there would be 'serious consequences' without legislative action.
Insurers have said the move will destabilize the individual market and increase premiums by at least 20 percent.
New CEO Joseph Zubretsky has served top roles at The Hanover Insurance Group and with Aetna.
Overall, 73 percent of Medicare Advantage-PDP enrollees are in plans that have four stars or greater in 2018, CMS says.
For 2018, CMS updated its measures in adjusting three Part C measures for Medicare Advantage only and MA-prescription drug plans.
Payment adjustments are expected to range from 0.4 to 2.6 percent of providers' Part B expenditures, report says.
Physicians object to the policy they say will cause patients to delay seeking treatment and leave bills unpaid.