Two consumer groups in Massachusetts are asking lawmakers to give patients a one-year reprieve from healthcare premium increases, according to a Boston Globe report.
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Starting July 1, Georgia state-licensed insurance companies will be able to sell out-of-state health insurance policies that provide less coverage than Georgia requires, according to an Insurance Journal report.
More Massachusetts state employees chose this year to enroll in plans that limit the providers they can see, according to a Boston Globe report.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has decided to cancel its "mystery shopper" program, originally intended to analyze whether primary care physicians accept or reject new patients based on the type of insurance they hold, according to an…
In a webinar titled "Maximizing Reimbursement for ASCs," Caryl Serbin of SourceMedical Revenue Cycle Solutions discussed eight problem areas that delay ASC reimbursement and increase the likelihood of denials.
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Fewer physicians are accepting new patients with health insurance, according to research from Weill Cornell Medical College, reported in All Headline News.
Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Jay Bradford said Monday he plans to ask the state Legislature for the authority to set up its health insurance exchange next year, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek report.
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New Jersey's legislature has given final approval to a plan that would force public workers to pay more for benefits, according to a Business Insurance report.
Cuts to Ohio's Medicaid funding could cost the state thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in lost business, according to a study released yesterday by Families USA.