Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield will pay a fine and refund $1.3 million to disabled Colorado members after overcharging them for supplemental Medicare policies, the Colorado Division of Insurance ordered July 3.
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CDPHP, a health insurer in New York, opened a branch inside Ellis Medicine in Schenectady, N.Y., to connect patients directly with insurance staff if they have questions during treatment and post-discharge, according to the Albany Business Review.
Humana's share price jumped after the Trump administration rolled out new initiatives on kidney care, according to Louisville Business First.
A two-person family paid, on average, $1,000 in monthly premiums for unsubsidized individual health insurance in 2019, according to a survey from online health insurance exchange eHealth.
Washington insurer First Choice Health is offering up its prescription opioid use data to employers in the Seattle area free of charge, the insurer said July 11.
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America's Health Insurance Plan's CEO spoke about how the industry trade group is pushing for more incremental changes rather than a "Medicare for All" policy that would eliminate private insurers in an interview with The Hill.
CMS released multiple resources for states seeking to bypass some aspects of the ACA via 1332 waivers.
CMS has issued a new proposal to cover acupuncture for Medicare patients with chronic low back pain in clinical trials supported by the National Institutes of Health or CMS-approved studies.
In the past three years, health insurers overcharged Medicare by almost $30 billion. Despite lengthy delays, federal officials are moving forward with plans to recoup some of the funds, according to NPR.
Hospitals in Minnesota are calling on the state to look into a new policy enacted by its largest nonprofit health insurer that ends reimbursement for routine colonoscopies and other services under certain circumstances, according to the Star Tribune.