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The rollout of the health insurance exchanges last week revealed a reality never mentioned by the Republicans on Capitol Hill who shut down the U.S. government.
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Hospital systems seem to be doing better than expected in rate negotiations with insurers offering plans on the state insurance exchanges in 2014. Analysts and hospital executives interviewed by Modern Healthcare say hospitals will be paid nearly the same...
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Providers and community groups designated as certified application counselors to help consumers enroll in health plans on the insurance exchanges are still waiting for staff to receive certification.
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Hospitals will be paid nearly the same rates by health plans sold through new state insurance exchanges as by plans sold to employers outside them, analysts and hospital system execs say.
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Having trouble logging in to healthcare.gov? Have no fear. In response to opening-day technical glitches and heavy traffic to its insurance marketplace website, HHS posted data Tuesday afternoon showing available plans and premiums across the 36 states with federally facilitated insurance...
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A Medicare test of accountable care in Wisconsin slowed cost growth last year for about 20,000 seniors. That's good news, of course, to economists and policymakers. But for hospitals, the news was not all good because most payers continue to reimburse on a fee-for-service basis rewarding more...
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As insurance exchanges opened Tuesday, health insurance company stock prices reflected optimism about the impact of the healthcare reform law's extension of coverage to millions of uninsured.
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Continuum Health Partners and Mount Sinai Medical Center closed on a merger deal that consolidates two of New York City's largest hospitals.
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The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association is the first insurer to receive a federal contract to offer individual insurance coverage options across a majority of state insurance exchanges in 2014.
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What it does: Prime, owned collectively by 13 Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans, is a pharmacy benefit manager that handles patient prescription drug benefits for health plans, employers and government programs.
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