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24 Sep 2015, 1:20 pm
This new system will focus on keeping people healthy and delivering care where it makes the most sense for patients"Time will tell, of course, whether these new metrics ultimately make a difference.■ And from FoIB Holly R, we learn that health insurance deductibles are outpacing wage increases:"Kaiser ... calculates that deductibles have risen more than six times faster than workers’ earnings since 2010. [read post]
14 Apr 2011, 11:11 am
While the rules are still evolving, employers and health plans nevertheless need to start preparing to meet these new responsibilities. [read post]
13 Aug 2010, 4:49 pm
Kaiser Foundation. [read post]
19 Oct 2012, 10:00 am
Click here to read the entire article from Kaiser Health News.... [read post]
20 Jun 2013, 5:49 am
The list included: Aetna (Individual only), AultCare, Community (Anthem), Coordinated Health Mutual, Coventry (Individual only), Kaiser Foundation Health Plan (Small Group only), Medical Health Insuring Corporation of OH (MMO), and Summa. [read post]
26 Sep 2014, 8:56 am
Today's post was shared by Kaiser Health News and comes from www.kaiserhealthnews.org KHN Staff WriterThis KHN story can be republished for free. [read post]
7 Feb 2013, 11:21 am
Kaiser Health News Wonder how many of those affected were part of the low information crowd that voted for Obama . . . twice? [read post]
17 Nov 2013, 5:34 am
Today's post was shared by Kaiser Health News and comes from www.kaiserhealthnews.org President Barack Obama’s announcement Thursday that insurers can extend cancelled policies that don’t comply with the health law has prompted conflicting reactions from California insurance regulators and the companies they oversee.State Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones said he will urge companies to let more than a million consumers keep their plans for an… [read post]
12 Sep 2012, 3:19 pm
By Ilyse Schuman According to a new survey (pdf) conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation/Health Research & Educational Trust (HRET), the average annual cost of health care premiums for employer-sponsored health insurance rose 3% for single coverage and 4% for family coverage in 2012. [read post]
22 Feb 2015, 5:05 pm
Today's post was shared by Kaiser Health News and comes from kaiserhealthnews.org The bacterial outbreak at a Los Angeles hospital highlights shortcomings in the federal government’s efforts to avert the most lethal hospital infections, which are becoming increasingly impervious to treatment.Government efforts are hobbled, infection control experts say, by gaps in monitoring the prevalence of these germs both within hospitals and beyond. [read post]
28 May 2013, 7:42 am
When the health insurance plans are available, small businesses, families and individuals will have a new way to get insurance. [read post]
2 Dec 2013, 5:06 am
Today's post was shared by Kaiser Health News and comes from www.kaiserhealthnews.orgFinding out how much an X-ray costs sounds like a simple question. [read post]
1 Jul 2009, 11:42 am
" Governor Schwarzenegger, who appointed the current Director of the DMHC, has received $711,200 in campaign contributions from Blue Cross, Kaiser and Blue Shield -- three health insurers regulated by the DMHC that commonly deny coverage for autism treatments. [read post]
6 Aug 2019, 8:10 am
Shefali Leuthra reported for the Kaiser Health News Service and NPR that doctors are ordering Injectafer and other pricey prescription drugs like Feraheme for big numbers of patients, particularly seniors because they suffer a common condition: Continue reading [read post]
21 Aug 2013, 6:52 pm
Regardless of if the employer sponsors a health plan or when the next plan enrollment period begins, all employers covered by the FLSA generally are required deliver a notice to employees about the new option beginning January 1, 2014 to get health care coverage through a health care exchange (now rebranded by the Obama Administration as a “Marketplace”)(Marketplace) created by ACA that meets the requirements of new FLSA Section 18B enacted… [read post]
Health Plan BCBST To Pay $1.5 Million In 1st OCR Enforcement Action Prompted By HITECH Breach Report
13 Mar 2012, 6:33 pm
The HIPAA investigation and exposures to CMPs likely to result following the report of a large breach of unsecured protected health information is demonstrated by a new Resolution Agreement announced March 13, 2012 by OCR. [read post]
10 May 2010, 7:43 pm
Under the new federal Healthcare Act, insurers will be limited in their ability to rescind health insurance policies. [read post]
15 Nov 2013, 4:47 am
Today's post was shared by Kaiser Health News and comes from www.kaiserhealthnews.org President Obama announced Thursday that insurers will be permitted to extend canceled insurance policies into 2014, due to the difficulties consumers are having enrolling in new insurance coverage through the new online marketplaces.More coverage: Obama Offers Fix For Insurance Plan CancellationsA transcript follows.PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: ... [read post]
27 Apr 2012, 5:04 am
Now, a new report released by Kaiser citing data from the NPDB indicates that paid claims for 2011 totaled 9497. [read post]
25 Sep 2023, 5:18 am
However, a new estimate by the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) has revealed that a staggering 81% of nursing home facilities nationwide, and a staggering 90% of for-profit facilities, would need to hire additional registered nurses (RNs) or nurse aides to meet these standards. [read post]