Aetna is looking toward September of next year to switch to all-digital payments, remittances and explanation of benefits statements – a goal which it has already started. A report says the transition began in September of this year.
State regulators have approved significant health insurance rate increases for 2022 that are said to reflect recent pent-up demand for medical procedures and services that people put off because of earlier COVID-19 surges.
Lawmakers who crafted last year's law addressing surprise billing are once again at odds over policy particulars after the Biden administration issued a rule to implement the law in a manner that some say revives a congressional dispute.
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, with help from HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra, rolled out the reopening of Kynect, the state-based health insurance exchange.