Do New IU Employee Health Insurance Requirements Signal A Trend?
IndyStar.com reported today that Indiana University employees must "stop smoking and control risk factors such as weight, blood pressure and cholesterol levels or face higher health insurance...
View ArticlePre-Existing Condition Insurance Plans
Washington, D.C., and 28 states opt to implement state plans to provide insurance for uninsured persons with pre-existing conditions; the other 22 states will use the federal option under federal...
View ArticleKingsdale to Provide Health Exchange Overview at CSG National Conference in...
Jon Kingsdale will be the featured speaker in a session on health insurance exchanges on the first day of the 2010 CSG National Conference in Providence, RI, in December. Kingsdale is the former...
View ArticleEarly Signs Mental Health Parity Law Hasn't Reduced Insurance Coverage
According to American Medical News, early indications are that relatively few employers are dropping mental health coverage as they go into open enrollment for the 2011 calendar year.read more
View ArticleTelemedicine Insurance
This Act prohibits carriers offering health plans in the state from denying coverage on the basis that the coverage is provided through telemedicine if the health care service would be covered were it...
View ArticleHealth Care Costs for Typical Family Double in Nine Years
A new report from Milliman, Inc., a consulting and actuarial firm, shows total health care costs are $19,393 for the typical American family of four covered by a perferred provider organization. In...
View ArticleRecommendation Issued to Add Birth Control to List of Free Preventive Services
The National Journal reports today that the Institute of Medicine has recommended that health insurers should pay for a range of services for women at no cost, including birth control, counseling on...
View ArticleNew Data on Cost Variability of Health Insurance Across States
Consumers and health policy experts have all known about the differences in health insurance premiums across states. There have been plenty of anecdotal stories, but real data have been hard to come...
View ArticleFeds Talk with CSG on Health Insurance Exchanges
States are taking significant action to establish health insurance exchanges required under the Affordable Care Act. That’s according to Steve Larsen, deputy administrator and director of the Center...
View ArticleThe Affordable Care Act—‘Balancing Comprehensiveness and Affordability’
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is trying to “balance comprehensiveness and affordability” with the type of coverage insurers must offer under the Affordable Care Act, Sherry Glied,...
View ArticleDo New IU Employee Health Insurance Requirements Signal A Trend?
Bill VoitIndyStar.com reported today that Indiana University employees must "stop smoking and control risk factors such as weight, blood pressure and cholesterol levels or face higher health insurance...
View ArticlePre-Existing Condition Insurance Plans
Paige BurtonDebra MillerWashington, D.C., and 28 states opt to implement state plans to provide insurance for uninsured persons with pre-existing conditions; the other 22 states will use the federal...
View ArticleKingsdale to Provide Health Exchange Overview at CSG National Conference in...
Debra MillerJon Kingsdale will be the featured speaker in a session on health insurance exchanges on the first day of the 2010 CSG National Conference in Providence, RI, in December. Kingsdale is the...
View ArticleEarly Signs Mental Health Parity Law Hasn't Reduced Insurance Coverage
Debra MillerAccording to American Medical News , early indications are that relatively few employers are dropping mental health coverage as they go into open enrollment for the 2011 calendar year. The...
View ArticleTelemedicine Insurance
CSG Committee on Suggested State LegislationThis Act prohibits carriers offering health plans in the state from denying coverage on the basis that the coverage is provided through telemedicine if the...
View ArticleHealth Care Costs for Typical Family Double in Nine Years
Debra MillerA new report from Milliman, Inc., a consulting and actuarial firm, shows total health care costs are $19,393 for the typical American family of four covered by a perferred provider...
View ArticleRecommendation Issued to Add Birth Control to List of Free Preventive Services
Debra MillerThe National Journal reports today that the Institute of Medicine has recommended that health insurers should pay for a range of services for women at no cost, including birth control,...
View ArticleNew Data on Cost Variability of Health Insurance Across States
Debra MillerConsumers and health policy experts have all known about the differences in health insurance premiums across states. There have been plenty of anecdotal stories, but real data have been...
View ArticleFeds Talk with CSG on Health Insurance Exchanges
Debra MillerStates are taking significant action to establish health insurance exchanges required under the Affordable Care Act. That’s according to Steve Larsen, deputy administrator and director of...
View ArticleThe Affordable Care Act—‘Balancing Comprehensiveness and Affordability’
Jennifer GinnThe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is trying to “balance comprehensiveness and affordability” with the type of coverage insurers must offer under the Affordable Care Act,...
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....