President Joe Biden discussed several healthcare concerns during his State of the Union address, including reproductive rights, prescription drug costs, the Affordable Care Act and women's health research.
Individual market insurers are estimated to owe about $500 million in rebates to enrollees this year, a Kaiser Family Foundation analysis found. Small group market insurers are anticipated to owe about $330 million, and large group market insurers are expected to owe about $250 million.
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
A recent court decision could lead to women losing access to free mammogram screenings, a new Urban Institute report showed. Without insurance, mammograms can cost up to $560 in out-of-pocket expenses.
With more people now covered by the ACA than ever, health plans have an unprecedented opportunity to make a lasting impact on public health by encouraging members to take advantage of a
CMS hopes the changes will increase healthcare access for underserved populations, streamline the plan selection process and simplify enrolling in Marketplace coverage.
The investigation also found that companies denied exceptions requests on average four or more times out of ten, raising barriers to accessing birth control, according to a news release on Tuesday.
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
The judge’s ruling mentioned the Supreme Court decision in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby multiple times, which said that the chain of stores did not have to cover contraception since it violated the RFRA.
About 5.2 million people have gained healthcare coverage since 2020. The previous record for the lowest national uninsured rate was 9% in 2016.
In its second report evaluating whether hospitals are with complying with the price transparency rule that went into effect Jan. 1, 2021, PatientRightsAdvocate.org found compliance to be still very low with none of the hospitals at the nation's largest hospital system posting prices online.
Insurer participation in the ACA individual marketplace is on the rise and the trend is driven by policy changes at the federal level and the lingering effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.
We will highlight Build My Health's revenue practice management tools, which could help physician practices add up to $250,000 to their practices.
At a Health Datapalooza session, former HHS head Kathleen Sebelius looked back on lessons learned in 2009 when the Affordable Care Act was moving through Congress. She cautioned the Biden administration against leaning on bipartisanship when restoring the healthcare law.
Recent efforts to improve transparency haven't made much of a difference, one author noted. But earlier reforms made a dent the "most egregious" practices.
Now with a 6-3 conservative majority, the nation’s highest court still seems reticent to throw out the Affordable Care Act altogether. If the law stays in place, it would be the foundation for many of President-elect Biden’s planned healthcare policies.
A U.S. district judge blocked a rule by the Department of Health and Human Services that would end anti-discrimination provisions protecting transgender patients. In his decision, U.S. District Judge Frederic Block said that the rule violated a recent Supreme Court decision protecting LGBTQ workers' rights.
The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that the federal government must pay insurers $12 billion in risk corridor payments. The Affordable Care Act carved out the risk corridor program in 2014 to limit insurers’ profits and losses while creating the exchanges.