by Jordana Choucair | Jul 5, 2022 | Payers
More than 100 House lawmakers sent a letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services urging the agency to cover medically necessary dental services for Medicare beneficiaries. The request comes as Congress appears unlikely to add dental benefits to...
by Jordana Choucair | Jul 1, 2022 | Payers
Effective today, the three major U.S. credit reporting companies will stop counting paid medical debt on the reports that banks, potential landlords, and others use to judge creditworthiness. The companies also will start giving people a year to resolve delinquent...
by Jordana Choucair | Jun 30, 2022 | Payers
A new Brookings Institute analysis found that eliminating premiums for low-income Affordable Care Act exchange customers that pay a very small amount a month could boost coverage by 48,000 this year. According to the analysis, even requiring customers to pay even a...
by Jordana Choucair | Jun 30, 2022 | Payers
Banner Health, Hue Health, and Flume Health launched a new health plan built around direct primary care. The 39 North plan, which was created by Hue Health and Banner Health, will be available to all employers in northern Colorado and, in addition to Hue’s...
by Jordana Choucair | Jun 29, 2022 | Mental Health, Payers
Government watchdogs told a House panel that Congress should crack down on the Medicare Advantage program, saying the private health plans for seniors sometimes deny access to needed medical care and inflate charges by billions of dollars. The watchdogs said lawmakers...
by Jordana Choucair | Jun 29, 2022 | Payers
The Supreme Court announced that it will not hear an appeal from two self-insured employers and their workers, which sought to hold Anthem and Express Scripts accountable for prescription drug costs. The court’s decision not to take the case leaves unanswered...
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