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Database Gives Consumers More Transparency on Healthcare Costs
9:00AM 8/12/2011
A new database, created as part of the New York settlement with insurance companies over out-of-network coverage, estimates the cost of a wide range of different procedures. The tool gives consumers a better idea of their expected bills.
Biz Brief: AMA Says 20% of Medical Insurance Claims Are Mishandled
12:50PM 6/15/2010
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One in five medical claims is processed inaccurately by health insurers, the American Medical Association said on Monday. Eliminating these errors could save the health care system save $15.5 billion of the $210 billion it spends annually on claims processing.
Most insurers to limit policy cancellations by May
11:00AM 4/30/2010
We probably won't be seeing many more stories of people losing their health insurance when diagnosed with cancer or for any other reason except fraud. That practice will end by May for many insurers who practice it. The new health care law mandates that rescission (cancellation of an insurance...
Should health insurance premiums be regulated?
4:30PM 4/27/2010
Federal legislators have found a major hole in the regulation of health insurance premiums before the new health care reform takes effect.
This hole could lead to even more dramatic increase in premiums than the 39% increase announced by Anthem in California in February as the health care law was...
Medical insurance companies playing games with the numbers
2:00PM 4/19/2010
Starting in 2011, medical insurance companies will have to meet new rules on profitability. They will need to spend at least 85% of dollars collected in premiums for the large group market on medical care and at least 80% of premiums collected in the individual and small business group market on...
UnitedHealth starts preventive health initiative
6:00PM 4/15/2010
While it may be only one insurer -- UnitedHealth Group -- focusing on only one disease -- Type 2 diabetes -- the new program announced by UnitedHealth and the YMCA may be a sign of things to come. Clearly, UnitedHealth understands that spending on disease prevention now can save billions later....
Two-year-old Colorado girl denied health insurance for being too skinny
6:15PM 10/20/2009
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Health insurance companies, it appears, are uncannily skilled at creating cute, sweet poster children... for the other side of the health reform debate. Just two weeks ago, Colorado insurer, Rocky Mountain Health Plans denied health coverage of four-month-old Alex Lange because, by growth chart...
UnitedHealth Group scams consumer...and gets busted!
7:00PM 1/14/2009
I don't typically complain much about health insurance. The insurance companies have to decide what conditions and treatments to cover (or not), and sometimes those decisions mean that patients have to pay for some of their own care. It's part of doing business. And insurance companies have to...
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