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Amid all the reimbursement and diversification strategies insurers are adopting in response to health reform, the Regence parent company is betting on its employees to nurture a portfolio of health technologies and services.
To keep premiums down on the new insurance marketplaces, payers have created smaller networks of hospitals. But just how small are they?
To keep premium prices down for individuals and small businesses buying coverage through new online marketplaces, insurers have created smaller networks of hospitals. But consumers and policy experts have wondered, just how small? Turns out, many are very small.
Centene is expanding its role servicing high need populations, buying a majority stake in a home care management company.
Amid a less-than-ideal start to health insurance exchanges, the Obama Administration is extending the pre-existing condition insurance plan for one month.
If we have learned anything from the HealthCare.gov debacle, it's that managers need to choose their IT advisors wisely.
America's physicians are a frustrated lot -- fed up with long hours, increased regulations, and changes in reimbursement practices. As a result the healthcare industry is scrambling just to keep up when it comes to physician hiring.
As hospitals continue to get squeezed by new Medicare penalties and shrinking reimbursements from private insurers, many are looking for ways to make up for that missing revenue. Some are seeking creative ways to collect on the bad debt incurred from patients unable to pay their bills.
About 100,000 Iowans newly eligible for Medicaid are set to get private insurance coverage through a demonstration project approved by the federal government, the second Medicaid "private option" okayed this year.
Insurers who may get hit with losses as a result of continuing previously cancelled plans may get some financial assistance from the federal government. But eligible insurers won't see that relief until 2015.