Don’t wait to start working with your groups to enroll in a health plan. This was a central message of the recent Warner Fest event in Woodland Hills, Calif. John Nelson, CEO of Warner Pacific […]
Small business owners are reluctant to give detailed information to benefit brokers who haven’t earned their trust, according to a white paper by MetLife. Ilka Ramirez of the TIA Group says that clients often withhold […]
Insurance plans are not covering the necessary addiction services, according to a report by The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse. None of the 2017 Essential Health Benefit benchmark plans have adequate addiction coverage; […]
HEALTHCARE Data Insights from the 2016 ACA Marketplace Robert Wood Johnson offers the following observations about the Affordable Care Act Marketplace: Carriers made adjustments in 2016 to reduce their exposure to high costs: In 2016, […]
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, […]
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