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Clinical Care
Staggering Prices Slow Insurers' Coverage Of CAR-T Cancer Therapy
Most commercial insurers are covering CAR-T therapies now, but they do so on an individual basis, writing single-patient agreements each...
Finance
Is Panic Over Risk Adjustment Loss Much Ado About Nothing?
Losing risk adjustments will further weaken insurers, but only if the problem isn't fixed soon.
Finance
Uncertainty Reigns After $10B in ACA Risk Adjustments Frozen
Health insurers could look to raise their 2019 premiums if the Trump administration doesn't follow through on payments that were...
Finance
How Association Health Plans Could Increase Long-Term Costs
Allowing more consumers to band together for group insurance could further undercut the Affordable Care Act. Health plans will be...
Strategy
'All Gloves Are Off': How Insurtechs Could Disrupt Health Plans
Technology companies are reinventing the insurance industry, and health plans are looking for ways to take advantage of their expertise....
Finance
Outdated Medicare Marketing Strategies Likely to Cost Health Plans Millions
Close to half of Americans say they will delay Medicare enrollment beyond age 65, yet most health plan marketing efforts...
Finance
Insurance Consolidation May Soon Include Hospitals, Create Powerhouses
Recent moves to consolidate insurance customers under one corporate structure could lead next to carriers acquiring hospital networks.
Finance
Consumers Brace For Premium Hikes While Lawmakers Grasp At Remedies
Insurers in several states are seeking big premium increases for people who buy their own insurance, renewing concerns about the...
Finance
Buried In The Budget Bill Are Belated Gifts For Some Health Care Providers
The story provides a window into the bizarre world of the way much of health care financing gets done in...
Finance
Will Renewability Rule Make Short-Term Insurance More Attractive?
The proposed rule on short-term plans hinges on the issue of renewability.