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GAO report on medical loss ratio finds insurers spend little on quality improvement
The U.S. Government Accountability Office generated some minor headlines last week when it reported on how much health insurers paid…
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Covering premium rate increases for 2015? Check out these resources first
As the nation’s health insurers file rate requests with state insurance departments, the news about health insurance premium increases is…
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Mo. journalist shows how undocumented immigrants struggle for care under ACA
When the Affordable Care Act passed in 2010, Tammy Worth, an award-winning freelance health and business writer in Kansas City,…
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Growing beyond the pilot stage, bundled payment gains wider acceptance
Health insurers are expanding the use of bundled payment as a core part of their efforts to reform how they…
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What to watch for when insurers announce premium rate requests this month
Insurers are preparing to announce their premium rates for 2015. To learn how insurers set rates, Families USA and Consumers…
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Here’s why specialty pharmaceuticals need value-based insurance design
This spring, Gilead Sciences Inc. introduced Solvaldi, a drug that could cure the liver virus that causes hepatitis C. The…
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High interest in reference pricing: Who knew? Uwe Reinhardt for one
Last summer, Uwe E. Reinhardt, a health policy expert and economics professor at Princeton (and keynote speaker at Health Journalism…
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Employers are tweaking benefits to control costs
A new report from Milliman, the actuarial firm, shows employers’ health care costs rose only 5.4 percent since last year.…
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Analysis: Giving price data to wider audience would save $100 billion in 10 years
Most health care price transparency efforts are aimed at giving patients more information on costs at the point of care.…
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Report suggests applying value-based insurance design to high-deductible health plans
For years, health policy experts have asked whether high-deductible health plans (HDHPs) with health savings accounts (HSAs) cause some patients…