UnitedHealth Group's earnings in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2013 increased by nearly 15 percent, from approximately $1.24 billion in 2012 to $1.43 billion in 2013, and overall 2013 performance improved by 1.8 percent.
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Emergency departments may be one of the more effective places to pick up the stragglers from the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's insurance enrollment process, according to a report from Kaiser Health News.
Since the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act marketplaces opened for enrollment, the importance of getting young, healthy people to sign up for coverage has been a point of concern.
Federal officials have extended the Pre-Existing Conditions Insurance Plan through March 31, according to a Kaiser Health News report.
CMS has issued a final rule on regulations specifying how states can use federal Medicaid funds under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to pay for home and community-based services.
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In a Securities and Exchange Commission filing, health insurer Humana has indicated it expects the extension of health plans that don't meet the reform law's requirements to result in a more adverse risk mix than expected for people getting coverage…
The House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee held a hearing yesterday to consider how various Medicare, Medicaid, Children's Health Insurance Program and human services payment provisions should continue in the event of a permanent Medicare sustainable growth rate repeal.
Supplemental coverage plans that shield enrollees from cost-sharing increase drive up medical utilization and, subsequently, Medicare spending, according to a study conducted by researchers at the University of Texas and the University of Chicago.
Early observations from several Medicaid expansion initiatives suggests states that expand eligibility this year will see a gradual increase in enrollment, with the first enrollees in comparatively poor health, according to a Health Affairs study.
Catholic Health Initiatives, based in Englewood, Colo., is reportedly in the process of buying QualChoice, a health insurer in Little Rock, Ark., according to an Arkansas Business report.