Insurers Outline How They’re Helping PCPs Stay Afloat
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused visits to primary care providers (PCPs) to plummet, putting significant financial strain on those businesses. That crisis has been especially harmful to independent practices, and in...
Insurers Aim to Help Providers Avoid Crisis-Driven Consolidation
Insurers are taking steps to help providers financially as the COVID-19 pandemic progresses, in part to help stave off more provider consolidation and demands for higher reimbursement, a recent survey from Robert Wo...
Thousands Shift to Medicaid and ACA Exchanges Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
States that have reported Medicaid enrollment data for the second quarter of 2020 saw an average increase of 3.1% from March to June 2020, as shutdowns tied to the pandemic led to the highest unemployment rate seen ...
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✦ The average COBRA enrollee spends significantly more on health care services than active workers or dependents with employer-sponsored coverage, according to a new study from the Employee Benefit Research Instit...
Payers Are Poised to See Changes From Hospital Transparency
In another blow to an industry already beleaguered by the COVID-19 pandemic, a federal judge recently upheld a federal rule that requires hospitals to engage in unprecedented price transparency measures. Health syst...
House Committee Paints Damning Picture of Short-Term Plans
More than a year after they began probing health insurers and brokers for information to fuel an investigation of short-term, limited-duration insurance (STLDI) plans, Democratic leaders of the House Energy & Co...
Cigna Taps Priority Health, Oscar to Bolster Offerings
Cigna Corp. has now partnered with two smaller insurers, Priority Health in Grand Rapids, Mich., and New York-based Oscar, in an effort to increase its share of commercial group business, particularly small groups.
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MCO Stock Performance, June 2020
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Blues Plans Dominate Marketplaces; Medicaid Plans Increase Presence
Between 2016 and 2018, Medicaid-focused insurers expanded their footprint into the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplaces by offering lower premiums for silver plans, according to a recent analysis by the Robert Woo...
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✦ Employer health care spending could grow anywhere from 4% to 10% in 2021 as costs rebound from a dip in utilization tied to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report from PwC’s Health Research Institute...