MA premiums down 7 percent on average, enrollment up 10 percentData released by the Department of Health and Human Services today show that premium for Medicare Advantage plans decreased by an average of seven percent for 2012 Read More
PPACA to save Americans $2.1 billion in Medicare costs In its first year, the Affordable Care Act saved 3.6 million Americans with Medicare $2.1 billion on their prescription drugs, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said Wednesday. Read More
Health Premiums Could Jump 25% if Individual Mandate is Axed, Study Says If the individual mandate of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is struck down by the Supreme Court this March, individual health premiums could increase by 10-25 percent depending on how many people participate in the health insurance exchanges Read More
PPACA to save Americans $2.1 billion in Medicare costs In its first year, the Affordable Care Act saved 3.6 million Americans with Medicare $2.1 billion on their prescription drugs, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said Wednesday. Read More
Health Premiums Could Jump 25% if Individual Mandate is Axed, Study Says If the individual mandate of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is struck down by the Supreme Court this March, individual health premiums could increase by 10-25 percent depending on how many people participate in the health insurance exchanges Read More
As per a January 2012 study, if the PPACA is enacted, it would reduce the number of nonelderly uninsured Americans from 50 million to 26 million. If however, the Individual Mandate clause of the PPACA is repealed, the number of uninsured Americans will rise between 40 and 42 million.*
The complete report can be found here
* This study simulates the main coverage provisions of the ACA as if they were fully implemented in 2011, and compares results to the HIPSM baseline results for 2011 without implementation of these reforms. This approach differs from that of the Congressional Budget Office or the CMS actuaries, who by necessity provide 10-year estimates.
Healthcare industry to invest approximately $10 billion in cloud computing in 2012 According to recent reports, the healthcare IT market is expected to continue growing for much of the rest of the decade, as government incentives and studies indicating its benefits
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Cigna completes purchase of HealthSpring Inc.Connecticut-based Cigna Corp. said Tuesday that it has closed on its $3.8 billion acquisition of Health Spring Inc., a health care company that specializes in the Medicare Advantage market.
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Highmark to spend $500 million on care network Health insurance giant Highmark Inc. will spend up to $500 million to develop a new network of doctors, community hospitals and outpatient locations in Western Pennsylvania in addition to the $475 million it has promised to prop up West Penn Allegheny Health System Read More
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Cigna completes purchase of HealthSpring Inc.Connecticut-based Cigna Corp. said Tuesday that it has closed on its $3.8 billion acquisition of Health Spring Inc., a health care company that specializes in the Medicare Advantage market.
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Highmark to spend $500 million on care network Health insurance giant Highmark Inc. will spend up to $500 million to develop a new network of doctors, community hospitals and outpatient locations in Western Pennsylvania in addition to the $475 million it has promised to prop up West Penn Allegheny Health System Read More
hCentive to participate in the AHIP Institute 2012 conference in Salt Lake City, UT hCentive will be exhibiting at the Institute 2012 conference between the dates June 20-22, 2012. Avail a chance to interact and network with thousands of healthcare insurance industry-experts and attend educational case-studies Read More
A world of ACA minus the ‘Individual Mandate’?
Can the Individual Mandate clause be really dissolved without seriously harming the rest of the law? If yes, then what can be the possible ramifications of such a Supreme Court ruling? A group of 103 economists filed for an amicus brief that insists that the Individual mandate clause is so inextricably intertwined Read More
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