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Insurance
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Covering ACA numbers? The semantics matter
With big new sign-up numbers coming out of the state and federal exchanges, Politico health care reporter Kyle Cheney reports…
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Love ‘em or hate ‘em, narrow networks are drawing scrutiny
Health insurers’ efforts to keep costs low by using narrow networks are drawing increased scrutiny. Such oversight may be inevitable…
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Site tracks, predicts state-by-state marketplace enrollments
Here’s a fun – and helpful – site for tracking enrollment and trying to get a sense of where it’s heading.…
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Find out if a ‘deductible’ is really a deductible
One of the “simple” aspects of health insurance is – naturally – not always so simple. There’s been a lot…
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CMS withdraws contentious parts of proposal to change prescription drug program
Perhaps the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) learned a lesson over the past few weeks when it…
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Explore causes of regional variations in premiums
We’ve had some discussion on AHCJ’s electronic discussion list and I’ve gotten some emails about why insurance rates or premiums…
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Looking at the people behind the Kentucky insurance numbers
Kentucky has gotten a lot of attention for the largely unexpected success of its health insurance exchange. The Washington Post’s…
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Senate Finance Committee members say CMS should reconsider Medicare drug proposal
Members of the Senate Finance Committee are urging the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to reconsider a…
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Medicare Advantage proposal outlines strategies to promote value-based insurance and patient engagement
Buried deep in a proposal from the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) last week was a proposal…
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House committee grills CMS executive on proposal to revise Medicare drug plan
A plan from the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to eliminate protections for certain classes of drugs ran…