Mundelein, Ill.-based Medline, a medical supplies company, is joining the recovery efforts to help those affected by the severe flooding in Louisiana.
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Health insurance markets in states where political leaders opposed the Affordable Care Act face increasing marketplace and exchange problems, the Los Angeles Times reports.
Opelika-based East Alabama Medical Center will hold a community flood relief drive for Louisiana hospital employees affected by flooding, according to Tuscaloosa News.
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Affordable Care Act marketplace choices are diminishing. An updated Kaiser Family Foundation analysis — requested by The Wall Street Journal — found that 62 percent of 2017 marketplace enrollees will be able to choose from three or more insurers, down…
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Hospital emergency departments in Illinois saw a 5.7 percent increase in visits since the Affordable Care Act's enactment, The Chicago Tribune reported.
CMS has released proposed HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2018.
Atlanta-based Piedmont Healthcare and Minnetonka, Minn.-based UnitedHealthcare have reached a three-year contract agreement to bring all six Piedmont facilities back into UnitedHealthcare's network, reports WTVM.
Health insurance premium rates will rise for more than 75,000 Iowa residents next year after the state's insurance commissioner approved rate requests for four insurers Monday.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) said Monday the state's Medicaid expansion allowed more than half a million residents to obtain health insurance, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported.