HEALTHCARE Emergency Visits Have Not Gone Down Since the ACA Emergency visits are increasing despite the Affordable Care Act (ACA), according to a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Jay Kaplan, MD, […]
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. […]
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 […]
HEALTHCARE High-Deductible Health Plans Don’t Actually Increase Consumerism High-deductible health plans (HDHPs) are associated with lower health care spending, but not because consumers are shopping around for healthcare, according to a study published in the […]
Over the past 20 years, the number of businesses with employee assistance programs (EAPs) has more than doubled, according to a report from the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). Seventy-four percent of businesses offer […]
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