by Jordana Choucair | May 5, 2022 | Payers
Cigna launched a new provider consult service that aims to improve outcomes for patients with cancer. The program, backed by the capabilities of the insurer’s Evernorth subsidiary, allows community oncologists to connect with cancer subspecialty experts at...
by Jordana Choucair | May 4, 2022 | Payers
A new report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation found that rural residents were the most likely to benefit from enhanced subsidies for Affordable Care Act (ACA) coverage and face the greatest danger of losing coverage if those benefits expire after this year. The...
by Jordana Choucair | May 3, 2022 | Payers
UnitedHealthcare will limit coverage of Biogen Inc.’s Aduhelm across all of its plans starting June 1, saying it’s “unproven and not medically necessary for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease due to insufficient evidence of efficacy.”...
by Jordana Choucair | Apr 29, 2022 | Payers
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a final rule that requires insurers on Affordable Care Act (ACA) exchanges to offer plans with standardized deductibles and limits on out-of-pocket costs and co-pays for each of non-standardized...
by Jordana Choucair | Apr 28, 2022 | Payers
According to a new report from Moody’s Investors Service, insurers have a significant opportunity to drive mental and behavioral health costs down. The report notes that private insurance accounts for 27.7 percent of emergency department visits across the five...
by Jordana Choucair | Apr 28, 2022 | Payers
The U.S. Health and Human Services Department Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released a report indicating that Medicare Advantage plans improperly deny millions of reimbursement claims and authorization requests for medically necessary care. The OIG found...
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