Monday, October 3, 2022: Payers

In anticipation of the Medicare annual enrollment period kickoff on October 15, Fierce Healthcare summarized what five national insurers have geared up for the 2023 plan year. UnitedHealthcare will expand into 314 new countries and adding a new flex benefit in select...

Thursday, September 29, 2022: Payers

Results from The Commonwealth Fund’s biennial Health Insurance Survey show that even though a record number of Americans have health insurance, 43 percent of working-age adults were inadequately insured in 2022. In the survey, based on responses from more than 6,000...

Wednesday, September 28, 2022: Payers

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that Medicare Part B premiums will decrease for the first time in more than a decade. In 2023, premiums will be 3.0 percent, or $5.20, lower compared to 2022. The program’s annual deductible will also...

Wednesday, September 28, 2022: Payers

The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) sent a letter to House members urging them to vote against the Mental Health Matters Act. The legislation would authorize the Department of Labor (DOL) to enforce requirements regarding mental health and substance use disorder...

Wednesday, September 21, 2022: Payers

A report from U.S. Department Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) found that Medicare paid out more than $1 million in duplicate claims in 2019 to critical access hospitals and providers. The OIG called on the Centers for Medicare &...

Tuesday, September 20, 2022: Payers

Centene Corp. agreed to pay $165.6 million to Texas to resolve claims that it overcharged the state’s Medicaid program for pharmacy services. The health insurer and state reached the settlement on July 11. The agreement is Centene’s largest known payout over its drug...