Xerox: Health insurers need to be more consumer-friendly
The arrival of health insurance exchanges under the Affordable Care Act was supposed to herald a new era of consumerism, but the industry wasn't fully prepared.
Obamacare 2016 enrollment brings consumer, employer pain
The arrival of November marks the opening of the third-annual open enrollment period for Affordable Care Act insurance exchanges.
With the Rise of AI, What IP Disputes in Healthcare Are Likely to Emerge?
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.
Report: Millions on health insurance exchanges missing out on subsidies
The Avalere report notes that the catch is the reductions are only available to people who buy a silver-level plan.
Pennsylvania won’t set up state exchange in light of King v. Burwell (updated)
In the wake of the Supreme Court's decision to uphold federal subsidies for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, Pennsylvania no longer will be establishing its own, state-run exchange, Gov. Tom Wolf said Thursday.
Obamacare insurance exchanges prove challenging for eHealth
eHealth's business has had to contend with impact of Obamacare insurance exchanges on its business.
HHS doles out $60M for health exchange navigators to ‘build on lessons learned last year’
HHS secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell (who just joined Twitter, by the way) announced $60 million in grants today for “navigator” organizations in states using the federal health exchange, or running state-federal partnership exchanges. In-person assisters, or navigators, conduct outreach in their communities and provide face-to-face support for people trying to enroll in health insurance through […]
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A Personalized Approach to Medication Nonadherence
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.
Why Covered California is downsizing as other state exchanges grow
Kynect. Maryland Health Connection. The Washington Health Benefit Exchange. Every one of those state insurance exchanges added new carriers in preparation for Obamacare’s second open enrollment period this fall. Covered California did not. Instead, the Golden State took a different approach: Its exchange is getting smaller. Dwindling Participation. Diminished Returns? When Covered California unveiled its […]
Florida’s largest health insurer is raising rates more than 17% for plans on the exchange
Florida Blue, the state’s largest health insurer, is increasing premiums by an average of 17.6 percent for its Affordable Care Act exchange plans next year, company officials say. The nonprofit Blue Cross and Blue Shield affiliate blames higher health costs as a result of attracting older adults this year who previously lacked coverage and are […]
Good news for Californians: 2015 will bring lower health insurance premium hikes
After years of double-digit rate hikes in health insurance premiums, California will see average increases of 4.2 percent in 2015 for people who purchase insurance through the Covered California exchange, the state’s Obamacare marketplace. It’s good news for consumers, but two of the top insurance officials in the state disagree about why it’s happening. Covered California’s executive director […]
ACA subsidy rulings could encourage more state exchanges or be just a blip on the radar
Conventional wisdom is that the federal subsidies that help people buy insurance through state and federal exchanges will survive the current court ruling against them. However, the review by the full judicial panel of the DC circuit court will not happen until this fall. That gives people plenty of time to think about losing health […]
BioLabs Pegasus Park Cultivates Life Science Ecosystem
Gabby Everett, the site director for BioLabs Pegasus Park, offered a tour of the space and shared some examples of why early-stage life science companies should choose North Texas.
One step forward, one step back in GOP fight against ACA subsidies
In a world … Where circuits conflict .. RT @cghoseBiz1st: Coming soon to a political theater near you: #ACA and #SCOTUS, together again! — Noah Blundo (@nblundo) July 22, 2014 When the Halbig v. Sebelius ruling about the Affordable Care Act was announced this morning – that certain people who bought insurance policies on the […]
Narrow networks getting wide attention from regulators
With the proliferation of narrow networks being rolled out as a cost-containing effort on health plan costs, the Obama administration and state insurance commissioners are vowing to more closely scrutinize such networks amid consumer concerns of limited choice of doctors and hospitals and potentially surprising out-of-network costs. The New York Times reports that federal officials […]
Proposed ‘copper plans’ for penny-pinchers aren’t popular with health policy experts
If you offer it, will they come? Insurers and some U.S. senators have proposed offering cheaper, skimpier “copper” plans on the health insurance marketplaces to encourage uninsured stragglers to buy. But consumer advocates and some policy experts say that focusing on reducing costs on the front end exposes consumers to unacceptably high out-of-pocket costs if […]
It’s still too early to give health insurance marketplaces a pass/fail grade (even Oregon & Kentucky)
Over $7 billion of taxpayer money went into creating the health law’s insurance marketplaces, and about 8 million people signed up. But some experts say it’s actually still too early to declare these markets a success or failure. So, what can we say about what the public is getting for its money? The marketplaces, including […]
Dental coverage for kids is an Obamacare ‘essential benefit,’ but parents may not be buying in
No one wants to go to the dentist, but kids need to. A small cavity left to fester can grow into a big health problem. That’s why the government made pediatric dental care one of the health law’s “essential benefits.” But new data suggest the law is failing to fully deliver on its promise: A […]