Medicare Advantage Plans Can Pay for Many LTC Services in 2019: Feds
Plans could cover adult day care, respite care and in-home support services. By Allison Bell | May 02, 2018 at 10:27 AM The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is…
Payer Healthcare industry lambastes Trump administration’s short-term health plan proposal
Fierce Healthcare - by Mike Stankiewicz | Apr 24, 2018 1:31pm The health insurance and hospital sectors are nearly unanimous in their opposition to the Trump administration's proposal to expand short-term…
Health Plans Simplify Doctor Credentialing To Boost Medicaid Participation
Forbes -Bruce Japsen , CONTRIBUTOR APR 2, 2018 @ 09:01 AM Health insurance companies are streamlining credentialing of physicians who contract with Medicaid health plans in hopes of boosting doctor participation…
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CMS issues final rule allowing states to pick essential health benefits
Modern Healthcare- By Shelby Livingston and Susannah Luthi | April 9, 2018 The CMS issued a final rule late Monday aimed at giving states and health insurers more flexibility and reducing…
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Medicare Advantage Plans Cleared To Go Beyond Medical Coverage — Even Groceries
Kaiser Health News- By Susan Jaffe - APRIL 3, 2018 Air conditioners for people with asthma, healthy groceries, rides to medical appointments and home-delivered meals may be among the new benefits added…
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Insurers Gobble Doctor Practices To Bolster Medicare Advantage Plans
Forbes- Bruce Japsen - MAR 12, 2018 @ 08:00 AM News that Centene is buying a large medical group is the latest sign that health insurers are engaged in a…
Trump plan: Less health insurance for lower premiums
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Feb 20, 2018, 4:49 PM ET The Trump administration Tuesday spelled out a plan to lower the cost of health insurance: give consumers…
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The Future of Healthcare Could Be a Privacy Nightmare
TONIC - Susan Rinkunas -Feb 8 2018, 10:54am The Amazon healthcare effort and CVS-Aetna merger raise lots of questions. Last Tuesday, Amazon, JP Morgan, and Berkshire Hathaway announced that they…
Tax on medical devices to resume after 2-year suspension
CNBC via AP- JANUARY 1ST, 2018 While much of corporate America will enjoy a tax cut in the new year, one industry is getting a tax increase it has fought…
How the New U.S. Tax Plan Will Affect Health Care
Harvard Business Review: David Blumenthal- December 19, 2017 The new Republican tax bill, which the House passed this afternoon and the Senate is expected to approve tonight, is complex, but what…
