Emergency physicians are treating an increasing number of patients who don't understand their insurance coverage or the financial repercussions for receiving emergency care outside their network.
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Zoom+, a medical provider and health insurer, is targeting millennials in Oregon and Washington with quick, accessible care as well as fitness, yoga and cooking classes, according to a Kaiser Health News report published in Money Magazine.
The reign of the traditional health insurer is largely past. Payers and providers must build relationships based on trust, transparency and equity to survive market uncertainty moving forward.
The Cigna Foundation has promised to commit $2 million in World of Difference grants over the next two years to a variety of nonprofit organizations providing community health navigation to at-risk individuals.
Despite modest differences in care between white and Hispanic Medicare Advantage enrollees in the U.S., a recent study found MA enrollees in Puerto Rico receive "substantially" worse care — so much so that the program would require major efforts to…
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California has proposed legislation that formally requests the federal government allow undocumented immigrants to purchase health insurance through a state exchange, according to a Los Angeles Times report.
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Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program may not be as successful at enrolling African American and Latino children as is often thought, according to The Washington Post.
Providers and patient advocates in Connecticut are supporting legislation that calls for a group led by the Connecticut Insurance Department to gather data from health plans comparing approval and denial rates for particular behavioral health and medical services, reports CT…