Balance billing reform is removing burden on patients when hospital is in network but doctor is not
13 states have some kind of restrictions on balance billing patients in certain situations.
Some young people won’t get tax help for Obamacare insurance
Subsidies in the health law were designed to lower insurance costs for people who make around $11,000 to $46,000 a year. But for young people earning toward the higher end of that range, it’s more complicated than that. A new study shows that in major cities, some young people are falling into a gap where […]
The Power Behind Enterprise EHR Software for Large Healthcare Systems
Enterprise EHR boosts scalability, interoperability, and governance for large healthcare systems.
Libraries serve as health Insurance exchange information hubs
What can’t librarians do? Many are now becoming health insurance guides. The buzz at the American Library Association’s winter meeting recently wasn’t just about the annual awards (a.k.a. the book award “super bowl”); the Affordable Care Act was also on the agenda. Libraries across the country have been trying to meet a growing demand for health insurance information. At the […]
Pennsylvania governor looking for a creative way to use federal funds to insure citizens
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett may have kept a eye this week as his fellow Republican governor in Ohio, John Kasich, bypassed his own Republican legislature to expand the state’s Medicaid program. As part of the Affordable Care Act, stat...
Pennsylvania, 16 other states, will hand over ‘high-risk’ insurance programs to federal government
Pennsylvania and 16 other states are handing over their special insurance programs for people with pre-existing health conditions to the federal government Monday. Consumers enrolled in the so-called high-risk pool, PA Fair Care, have receive...