by Keith Kuhn | May 21, 2013 | Government, Payor, Regulations
One out of every six Vermonters, about 100,000 people in a state of 630,000, must switch the way they enroll and buy for health insurance this fall with the opening of a federally mandated online marketplace called Vermont Health Connect. It’s a massive change...
by Keith Kuhn | May 21, 2013 | Payor
Three health insurance companies plan to sell health insurance through the federal insurance marketplace in Montana. Montana Insurance Commissioner Monica Lindeen says Blue Cross Blue Shield of Montana, PacificSource Health Plans and the Montana Health CO-OP filed...
by Keith Kuhn | May 21, 2013 | Provider
Two of the Northeast’s leading durable medical equipment providers, Allcare Medical and Landauer Metropolitan, announced today they have reached an agreement to merge their operations. The merger, expected to be completed by the end of May, will result in one of...
by Keith Kuhn | May 20, 2013 | Government, Reimbursement
WASHINGTON – Industry stakeholders now have bills in both the House of Representatives and the Senate to create a separate benefit for complex rehab technology (CRT). Sens. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Thad Cochran, R-Miss., introduced S. 948, the “Ensuring Access To...
by Keith Kuhn | May 20, 2013 | Payor
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina is used to having considerable clout in the legislature. Although the state’s largest health insurer hasn’t always gotten its way, for years it has negotiated behind the scenes to mold bills more to the company’s liking....
