Lawmakers have put forth legislation in recent years for providers to extend private contracts with their Medicare patients instead of accepting the program's standard fee-schedule amount as full payment for Medicare-covered services. These proposals could have implications on how much Medicare…
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Now in control of all three branches of the Federal government, the GOP has made it clear its agenda over at least the next two years will focus tightly on deregulation – Including with a priority push to effectively defund…
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Leaders of Connecticut's health insurance exchange — Access Health CT — will consider requiring insurers offering health plans on the exchange to pay agents and brokers commission next year, according to CTMirror.
Much of the discussion on an ACA repeal has focused on the consequences for the 20 million Americans who gained coverage under the law's main provisions, such as Medicaid expansion, the health insurance marketplaces and changes to private insurance that…
Throughout open enrollment, many sources remind us to sign up for health and all the benefits and protections it brings — and for good reason.
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