IN CALIFORNIA Covered California Announces Contract Changes with Carriers Covered California adopted significant changes to its contracts with health insurers. The contract provisions were developed over the past year with consumer advocates, health plans, clinicians, […]
HEALTHCARE Medicare Supplement Premiums Vary Widely A 65-year old male purchasing Medicare supplement insurance will pay anywhere from a low of $126 per-month to $444 per-month, according to the 2016 National Medicare Supplement Price Index. […]
IN CALIFORNIA Millions Remained Uninsured in California The Affordable Care Act (ACA) helped lower the uninsured rate in California from 16% in 2013 to 11% in 2014, but 3.8 million Californians under 65 remained uninsured. The […]
HEALTHCARE Greater Insurer Competition Leads to More Satisfied Consumers Health plan members are most satisfied when there is more competition among health plans, according to a J.D. Power study. The study rated satisfaction on a […]
EMPLOYEE RELATIONS Who’s the Boss of Workplace Culture? HR professionals, managers, and employees have very different opinions about workplace culture: who drives it, what’s important to creating a great culture, and what can destroy it, […]
IN CALIFORNIA New Roseville, Calif. Agency Promises to Shake up the Industry Verus Insurance Services, LLC has officially opened for business. Scott Kelley, President of Verus said “Verus will shake up this industry with a […]
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