CVS-AETNA MERGER GETS NY APPROVAL, TO BE FINALIZED THIS WEEK

Health Leaders by BY JOHN COMMINS | NOVEMBER 26, 2018 The approval from New York comes with a boatload of conditions, including enhanced consumer and health insurance rate protections, privacy controls,…

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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…

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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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What merger mania means for health care

CNN Money- by Paul R. La Monica- March 8, 2018: 12:32 PM ET Get ready for another wave of massive health care deals -- and maybe this time the government will approve…

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One in four U.S. consumers have had their personal medical information stolen

The Accenture study also finds that half of these victims were subject to medical identity theft and on average had to pay $2,500 in out-of-pocket costs per incident. Healthcare IT…

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Trump urges insurers to work together to ‘save Americans from Obamacare’

Will Obamacare survive? Washington Post - By Carolyn Y. Johnson and Juliet Eilperin February 27 at 12:19 PM  President Trump met with major health insurers Monday morning, in the midst of…

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The Trump administration just proposed big changes to Obamacare

Business Insider- Feb. 15, 2017, 9:54 AM- Bob Bryan The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Wednesday morning announced new proposed rules for the Affordable Care Act's individual insurance…

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As Obamacare Repeal Stalls, Republicans Face New Challenges

NBC News - Benjy Sarlin -FEB 8 2017, 9:55 AM ET President Donald Trump caused a stir when he suggested Sunday that the Republican Party's quest to repeal and replace…

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Senate Takes First Step To Repeal Obamacare — So What’s Next?

NPR -January 12, 20175:04 AM ET Heard on Morning Edition - Danielle Kurtzleben / Alisa Chang -With reporting from Susan Davis. At about 1:30 a.m. on Thursday, Republicans moved one…

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