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3 steps could help employers avoid penalties over insurance mandates
A poor IT system is the reason some employers might find themselves among businesses unintentionally non-compliant with health insurance mandates under the ACA, an Accenture report finds.
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Payers’ latest innovation to court new members: Free doctor visits
In addition to free primary care visits for some plans, Molina Healthcare is offering free visits to specialists in seven states., according to the National Public Radio story.
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Trayt Health Seeks to Increase Access to Diagnoses and Treatments
CEO Malekeh Amini explains how Trayt Health can bridge the gap for patients seeking neurological care.
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House reaches deal on more than $1T spending bill and 2-year medical device tax pause
House leadership approved a two-year suspension of the medical device tax and the Cadillac tax on high-cost insurance plans.
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Hospitals, MedCity Influencers, Policy
A look into healthcare’s future: Here’s what will matter in medicine in 2016
Smartphones will be medical devices and healthcare will be a Top 3 presidential campaign issue.
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Morning Read: Let’s hear it – Ben Carson’s Obamacare replacement plan to be revealed today
Also, E. coli continues to make people sick from a Boston College Chipotle and now multiple Costco locations, and Orthofix is paying $11 million in cash to settle a class-action lawsuit after filing improperly recognized revenues.
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UnitedHealth pullout = death knell for health insurance exchanges? Here’s one fact you’re not considering
The whole purpose of an exchange is to give people the opportunity to shop around and to change plans if they want.
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Improving Communication Between Patients and Providers
Sarah Shillington, Chief Customer Officer notes how Artera’s omnichannel platform works.
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More Obamacare red tape: Out-of-network treatment is rising faster than other premiums
How will healthcare change because out-of-network care is getting more expensive on the exchanges?
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Morning Read: Safeway’s paternership with Theranos fizzles, $350M later
Theranos takes another credibility hit with Safeway partnership dissolving, and Carly Fiorina is the next Republican candidate to wholeheartedly attack the pharmaceutical industry.
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Out-of-network doctor coverage is getting harder to find with insurance marketplace plans
Two-thirds of the 131 carriers that offered silver-level preferred provider organization plans in 2015 will either drop them entirely or offer fewer of them in January, according to an analysis by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.