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NewsHealth reform working: Medicaid access fixes financial strain, improves health
Despite concerns about greater access to health insurance brought about through healthcare reform, new research indicates that access to Medicaid does substantially increase healthcare use and Read more...
Officials consider limiting insurers' ability to set coverage
Here's a development that should make Texas health plans--and perhaps the entire industry--more than a bit concerned. The Texas state insurance consumer advocate is attempting to eliminate the Read more...
California poised to pass tough anti-rescission bill
It looks like the state of California will pass a tough bill banning health plans from retroactively canceling consumer policies for alleged misstatements in their applications. The practice, known Read more...
Study: Outpatient mental-health services tough to find
A study in the journal Health Affairs recently reported that about two-thirds of primary care physicians could not get outpatient mental-health services for their patients in 2004-05. Roughly 6,600 Read more...
Wyoming mulls bills regulating health coverage
The Wyoming state Senate has approved two bills that could potentially change the way health insurance is written and administrated in the state. The bills would set detailed rules for whether a Read more...
| Press ReleasesClaimLinx Provides Golden Opportunity to Save Hundreds of Thousands on Health CareCINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Municipalities and private industries are missing a golden opportunity to provide better benefits and cut health insurance costs up to 80%, utilizing ClaimLinx as an Read more >> SSM Health Care Upgrades Revenue Cycle with PassportAward-Winning Regional System Overhauling Technology, Processes FRANKLIN, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Passport Health Communications Inc. has announced a contract to deliver revenue cycle software and Read more >> Sixteen Health System Owners of American Excess Insurance Exchange, RRG to Receive $29 MillionThe AEIX program, managed by Premier Insurance Management Services Inc., has returned more than $130 million to participants since inception CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- On June 1, the American Read more >> Vertebral Augmentation for Spinal Fractures Continues to Be Covered by Noridian Administrative ServicesKyphon® Balloon Kyphoplasty is Among Treatments that Continue to be Covered by Major Medicare Administrative Contractor MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE:MDT) today announced that Read more >> MMIC Offers Data Privacy InsuranceMINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- MMIC Insurance, Inc., the Upper Midwest’s leading provider of medical professional liability insurance, recently announced the launch of its Data Privacy Insurance Read more >> |
