From time to time I hear from readers who are convinced the Affordable Care Act will ruin us all financially. Not happening so far. Instead, it has already saved consumers billions. Exhibit A: In 2012, the law directly saved consumers ...
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US-based health care benefits company Aetna is planning to stop issuing health care products to individual consumers in California at the end of 2013. The health insurer, which notified California's insurance regulator about its impending ...
Alegeus Technologies has partnered with corporate payment solutions provider, WEX, to launch a new virtual card payment method for the post-adjudication claims market. Designed to serve as an alternative to automated clearing house (ACH) ...
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HM Insurance Group, a Highmark company, has developed new products to help producers in calculating and understanding the impact of Affordable Care Act (ACA) taxes and fees on self-insured groups. The new fee calculator and ...
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The National Glass Association's Glass Management Institute will launch a series of six webinars, June 25, led by distinguished leaders of the glass and glazing industry. The online, interactive classes will cover the following topics: ...
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CONEXIS has rolled out exchange connector and premium aggregation services to assist health plans to deal with implementing their premium-billing and collection services to meet the requirements introduced in the Affordable Care Act (ACA). ...
Q. My Medigap policy was cheap when I bought it but it's expensive now that I'm 76. I tried to switch to a cheaper plan but was turned down because of some health conditions. Will health care reform prevent Medigap plans from doing this? ...
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You have to hand it to the foes of the Affordable Care Act. They've been hugely successful at "educating" the public on all the unpopular parts, including some that don't even exist. Meanwhile, public awareness of the law's popular ...
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The National Retail Federation this week welcomed introduction of House and Senate legislation that would repeal the employer mandate provision of the health care reform law scheduled to take effect next year. “Eliminating the ...
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Recently, consumers nationwide have received a phone call from federal employees, informing them that they're among the first Americans selected to receive health-insurance cards as part of the Affordable Care Act. Before they mail out ...
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Citi is set to develop a new mobile and web-based patient payment technology, known as Money2 for Health, to enable patients to settle healthcare bills, receive claims alerts, pay amounts due and view past payments. Aetna has been ...
CieloStar has introduced a private health insurance and benefits exchange, CieloChoice, to help navigate the full range of health care and other benefits. Employers, associations, affinity groups and brokers can use CieloChoice to offer ...
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Q. Our family of four gets coverage through my wife's job. This plan costs nothing for my wife alone but family coverage eats up 22 percent of our annual income. Can we get a subsidy to buy a cheaper plan on our state's exchange? A. ...
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US’s employee benefits-only agency Digital Insurance has collaborated with CUNA Mutual Group, to prepare customers to address changes in health care reform and to modify their employee benefits packages accordingly. As part of the ...
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Health insurance products provider Assurant Health has signed an agreement with Zensar Technologies, to provide information technology support for its suite of business applications. Under the terms of the five-year agreement, Zensar will ...
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