Providers, payers and the government have yet to reach a consensus on how telehealth services will be compensated following the COVID-19 pandemic and the waivers that the public health emergency allowed.
During the pandemic, Congress required that insurance companies pay equally for virtual visits as it would for in-person care for...
Medicare Advantage enrollees who use insulin may not know the insulin cost cap limits all monthly out-of-pocket costs for insulin to $35 -- and that could influence how they select their Medicare Advantage plans during the open enrollment period.
For the current open enrollment period, the insulin cost cap was not factored into the...National News
Medicaid plays an important role in providing health insurance to low-income adults, children, people with disabilities, and others who would otherwise face significant financial barriers to healthcare. New briefs from Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) analyze the current differences in healthcare access between...National Reports & Surveys
The Partnership to Fight Chronic Diseases (PFCD) has released a study aimed at answering one important question: “What accounts for the growth in private health insurance spending?”
The study reports that in the two short years between 2016 and 2018, private insurance spending increased by $101 billion. Hospitals, the study...National News
Sen. Bernie Sanders' controversial single-payer healthcare system mixed with current efforts by the GOP to invalidate the Affordable Care Act (ACA), paved the way for Democratic candidates to unveil a score of new healthcare policies, each vying for an idea to set themselves apart and avoid a complete overhaul of the nation's healthcare...Arizona News
In a speech given on Monday at the Better Medicare Alliance 2019 Medicare Advantage Summit, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma voiced concerns about the consequences a single-payer healthcare system including its impact on innovation with the elimination of private insurers.
Verma explicitly...Arizona News
The National Committee for Quality Assurance ranked over 1,000 health plans on measures of quality, member satisfaction and the committee's survey accreditation results. The ratings aim to highlight patient care outcomes and how patients feel toward those outcomes and the care they are receiving.
The highest performing plans...