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Twenty-four percent of Americans without health insurance do not plan to enroll in health insurance exchanges under healthcare reform, according to an Oliver Wyman survey published in an IFA Web News report.

Nebraska Medicare beneficiaries need to enroll in a prescription drug plan this year, according to the Nebraska Department of Insurance.

Here are the 20 states with the best and worst health insurance coverage, according to the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index.

Mitchell International today announced a series of educational videos on the topic of ICD-10, according to a MarketWatch release.

Massachusetts House majority leader Ronald Mariano plans to file legislation today that would require insurers to reduce payments to the priciest hospitals and physicians, according to a Boston Globe report.

Health insurance exchanges could help poor people receive more than $100 billion in government benefits for which they are eligible, according to a Crain's New York Business report.

The U.S. Office of Management and Budget has approved changes to the Medicare Provider-Supplier Enrollment Applications and the CMS-8550 application form for ordering and referring items or services to Medicare beneficiaries, according to an AAPC release.

On Aug. 19, an appeals court ruled against four New Jersey surgery centers in their lawsuit against Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, according to an ASC Association release.

The author of a bill that would have given California regulators the power to reject health insurance rate increase said Wednesday that he is pulling the bill from consideration this year, according to a San Jose Mercury News report.

South Carolina's Gov. Nikki Haley said the state will not accept millions of dollars in federal funding intended to help South Carolina set up a health insurance exchange, according to a Miami Herald report.