by Jordana Choucair | Feb 14, 2022 | Payers
With Congress eyeing a comprehensive mental health package this year, the health insurance industry is pushing back against a pair of proposals to ramp up enforcement against plans that violate mental health parity laws by regularly denying behavioral health and...
by Jordana Choucair | Feb 11, 2022 | Payers
UnitedHealthcare announced it is utilizing technology to make it more convenient for members to access quality, cost-effective dental care. The insurer will enhance its 24/7 virtual dental benefit to provide two free virtual visits with a dentist per year and will...
by Jordana Choucair | Feb 7, 2022 | Payers
California has negotiated a deal that allows Kaiser Permanente to limit enrollment primarily to its previous enrollees, except in the case of foster kids and people who are eligible for both Medicare and Medi-Cal. Executives of other managed-care insurance plans in...
by Jordana Choucair | Feb 4, 2022 | Payers
The Biden administration announced that Medicare will begin covering at-home COVID-19 tests in early spring for its 64 million beneficiaries. The CMS said people on Medicare will be able to get up to eight tests per month at select pharmacies and other locations, but...
by Jordana Choucair | Feb 3, 2022 | Payers
The CMS proposed a 7.98 percent increase to Medicare Advantage (MA) payment next year, nearly double the pay increase that plans saw in 2022. CMS also said MA groups could be judged in the future on their value-based care arrangements with providers, and asked for...
by Jordana Choucair | Feb 3, 2022 | Payers
The U.S. Army will immediately begin discharging service members who have refused to get the COVID-19 vaccine. The development follows similar moves from other military branches and puts more than 3,300 soldiers at risk of being kicked out. About 97 percent of all...
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