by Jordana Choucair | Aug 26, 2022 | Payers
The Brookings Institution released a brief estimating that as many as 4.1 million people may remain out of work due to long COVID symptoms. The estimate is more than twice the think tank’s previous estimate of 1.6 million, released in January 2022. According to the...
by Jordana Choucair | Aug 25, 2022 | Payers
Altarum released a new analysis indicating that there is a widening divergence between Medicare and private sector health care prices. According to the analysis, Medicare prices fell by almost an entire percentage point in July due to low or no increases in the...
by Jordana Choucair | Aug 24, 2022 | Payers
The Business Group on Health’s annual survey of large employers found that employers experienced a median cost increase of 8.2 percent in 2021 – a significant rise after experiencing no increase in actual health care cost from 2019 to 2020. Still, employers expect to...
by Jordana Choucair | Aug 24, 2022 | Payers
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden sent letters to 15 state insurance regulators requesting information on Medicare Advantage (MA) and Part D plan marketing tactics. Wyden cited a recent survey of state insurance commissioners that indicated an increase in...
by Jordana Choucair | Aug 23, 2022 | Payers
A study published in JAMA Internal Medicine supports the connection between health and financial stability, showing that individuals with a higher number of chronic conditions have a higher chance of encountering financial hardship. The adjusted amount of medical debt...
by Jordana Choucair | Aug 22, 2022 | Payers
The Biden administration released a final rule banning surprise medical bills after suffering several legal setbacks to the No Surprises Act.Most notably, the final rule provides new details for the independent dispute resolution process, eliminating the requirement...
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