Mercer L.L.C. projections found the penalty for employers not offering employees healthcare coverage in 2017 is expected to rise, according to Business Insurance.
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A bill in Colorado aims to create a state study of higher costs in certain regions to determine whether the entire state could become one geographic area for insurance purposes, according to Summit Daily.
Starting May 1, California will make available full-scope Medi-Cal benefits for children who meet the eligibility requirements for the low-income Medi-Cal program but previously did not qualify because they did not meet immigration requirements, according to the Los Angeles Daily…
If the merger between Advocate Health Care in Chicago and NorthShore University HealthSystem in Chicago goes through, both systems plan to create a low-cost health plan that would be offered to Chicago-area employers, according to the Chicago Tribune.
A recent study found Medicare Advantage patients are 10 percent less likely to have avoidable hospitalizations than traditional fee-for-service Medicare patients, according to Medscape Multispecialty.
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On March 22, both of California's health insurance regulators signed off on Centene's $6.8 billion acquisition of Woodland Hills, Calif.-based Health Net., according to California Healthline.
Congress passed legislation that would adopt site neutral payments for medical providers treating Medicare patients last fall, affecting off-campus hospital outpatient departments built or acquired after 2016, according to a report from The Hill, and savings to Medicare are at…
Of the 1.4 million to 4.4 million small businesses the Government Accountability Office estimated to be eligible for the tax credit, merely 181,000 small businesses claimed the Small Employer Health Insurance Tax Credit in 2014, according to The Business Journals.
More consumers are opting out of buying prescription drugs costing more than $50, according to a Truveris report.
Health insurer Anthem is suing Express Scripts, a pharmacy benefit manager, to receive a larger share of savings on prescription medicines, according to npr.