Sentences with phrase «which health insurers»

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That could be through a decision to stop funding cost - sharing - reduction payments, which help offset costs for insurers, not enforcing the individual mandate, or not doing outreach to inform Americans about their health insurance options.

U.S. health insurer Aetna, which has agreed to be bought by CVS Health, reported a better - than - expected first - quarter profit on Tuesday as an adjustment for low healthcare spending late last year offset a rise in flu - related health insurer Aetna, which has agreed to be bought by CVS Health, reported a better - than - expected first - quarter profit on Tuesday as an adjustment for low healthcare spending late last year offset a rise in flu - related Health, reported a better - than - expected first - quarter profit on Tuesday as an adjustment for low healthcare spending late last year offset a rise in flu - related costs.

AgileHealthInsurance.com, which sells short - term health insurance plans that are allowed to exclude benefits guaranteed under the ACA, expects the law to allow more choice so that insurers can design cheaper plans to hit a certain price point of $ 100 per month or $ 200 per month, as they did before the ACA, according to executive director Sam Gibbs.

Cogito, which has 75 employees, counts among its clients three of the five largest U.S. health insurance firms, two of the five largest disability insurers, and some of the biggest credit card companies.

She plans to revisit the idea once in office, with an eye to addressing some of the failings of the current law, which allows for private insurers to vie for customers on federal and state - run health insurance exchanges.

It therefore puts insurers, like UnitedHealth Group, which owns a PBM through its Optum health - services business but not a vast store base, directly in its line of fire.

Express Scripts, which in its role as a pharmacy benefit manager negotiates drug prices and reimbursement on behalf of insurers and employers, «will work with health plans and plan sponsors to decide where they want [Luxturna] on their plans,» Miller said.

Right now, that data is locked up in electronic health records, which tend to be organized to help bill insurers, rather than detail, say, the rate at which the tumor is shrinking, in a way that could be pulled out for a study.

Humana has been investing significantly in its home health capabilities, Humana At Home, which the insurer touts as a compliment to its Medicare Advantage franchise.

For example, when U.S. health insurers Anthem and Aetna separately announced deals two years ago to acquire peers Cigna and Humana, they did not reveal which assets they would be willing to divest.

More insurers are covering telemedicine services in 2016, which also allow consumers to access health care 24/7 from home, without the inconvenience of visiting a doctor and at a fraction of the price.

The study was sponsored by the global insurer and health services company Cigna, which is concerned about loneliness as a societal problem but also because it's not just making us sad: It can literally make us sick.

The three companies are self - insured employers, which means that when you're an employee going to a doctor's appointment, your employer is ultimately footing the bill for the MRI you receive, rather than a health insurer.

Which is why so many old - guard health care companies, from hospitals and insurers to benefits managers and drug and device makers — which together account for one - fifth of the economy — are hastily recombining and reinventing themseWhich is why so many old - guard health care companies, from hospitals and insurers to benefits managers and drug and device makers — which together account for one - fifth of the economy — are hastily recombining and reinventing themsewhich together account for one - fifth of the economy — are hastily recombining and reinventing themselves.

And while the insurance lobby is lauding the rule, it's also expressed deep concerns about the uncertainty still swirling around the health law, which is making it difficult for insurers to effectively set their rates for next year.

Cigna's deal with Express Scripts will combine a health insurer with a pharmacy benefit manager, which negotiates drug prices with manufacturers and administers prescription drug programs on behalf of health insurers, self - insured companies and government agencies.

Recent examples include CVS Health and Aetna, which combines an insurer with a pharmacy business in the way a Humana - Walmart deal may.

Of course that leaves the insurance piece, which makes Berkshire Hathaway a useful partner; conveniently, Berkshire Hathaway is not in the health insurance business, but rather the health reinsurance business — that is, they insure the insurers.

The company focuses on cancer drug research and has a platform for so - called «real - world» data, which can be used to assess the economic value of medicines and is sought after by drug makers looking to justify their prices to health insurers.

CVS Health, which also recently signed an agreement with Anthem to help the insurer start its own internal pharmacy benefit manager, is looking to protect its business with Aetna as it fends off rivals like UnitedHealth Group's OptumRx and others.

The deal could help Cigna compete with UnitedHealth Group, which has clinics, drug benefits and insurance business, and CVS Health Corp, which agreed in December to buy US health insurance giant Aetna for about $ US68 billion, linking its pharmacies and drug - benefit plans with the insurer's covHealth Corp, which agreed in December to buy US health insurance giant Aetna for about $ US68 billion, linking its pharmacies and drug - benefit plans with the insurer's covhealth insurance giant Aetna for about $ US68 billion, linking its pharmacies and drug - benefit plans with the insurer's coverage.

The big insurer, which acquired a chain of outpatient surgery centers earlier this year, has a wide array of profitable health care businesses like its own pharmacy benefit manager and various consulting arms through its Optum unit.

They seem like odd couples: Aetna, one of the nation's largest health insurers, is in talks to combine with CVS Health, which manages pharmacy benhealth insurers, is in talks to combine with CVS Health, which manages pharmacy benHealth, which manages pharmacy benefits.

Through our platform, we were able to reduce medical costs significantly and administrative costs by 50 %, which is unheard of in the market, for health insurers such as BCBS Michigan.

Centene, which closed its transaction with Health Net in 2016, now will acquire Fidelis Care, a New York nonprofit health inHealth Net in 2016, now will acquire Fidelis Care, a New York nonprofit health inhealth insurer.

Like Life Insurance policy, a health insurance policy is a legal contract between insurer and insured; in which insured pays premiums and in returns, insurer agrees to pay for medical expenses for a specified limit or sum insured.

Insurers typically group non-smokers into one of 4 health tiers (often called Preferred Plus, Preferred, Regular Plus, and Regular), while smokers only get 2 health tiers (which closely correspond to the Regular Plus and Regular qualifications).

CVS's proposed takeover of Aetna, which would bring together around 10,000 CVS stores and the health insurer's 22 million customers, is undergoing...

For each age demographic, YouGov BrandIndex measured several of the biggest health insurers with its Quality score, which asks respondents «Is it high quality or low quality?»

Obama is not just requiring that you have ACCESS (which you already did through Planned Parenthood and our tax dollars); he is requiring that health insurers give them away for free — that is where Obama crosses the line.

The Australian Workers Union boss questioned why federal Labor would oppose the sell - off of the government - owned health insurer, which the Abbott government has set in motion.

Health insurers cover all these visits, which are considered basic postnatal care.

While the Affordable Care Act requires insurers to provide breast pumps with no co-pay, it is up to the health plan to determine which pumps will be offered and what upgrade options will be available.

And the incumbent governor assumed $ 1.1 billion in new revenue, $ 500 million of which is projected from taxing health insurers that convert from nonprofit to for - profit operations.

In addition to preserving parts of the Affordable Care Act (which Republicans are moving to repeal), New York State will now mandate health insurers to cover a woman's initial three - month supply of contraception and then a supply for up to 12 months, according to the New York Times.

Also, while Medicare is a supplement to Social Security, it is the primary health insurer for its beneficiaries, which is in turn supplemented by private supplemental health insurance plans.

GNYHA, which also lobbies on behalf of hospitals, told its members on Monday that it will «aggressively push for legislation to establish a health insurance guarantee fund that would not only protect health care providers in the event of an insurer insolvency, but also be able to make retroactive payments.»

«We believe this year's process, which provided an opportunity for plans and DFS staff to have constructive discussions about the impact of these factors, was an improvement on previous years,» said Leslie Moran, a spokeswoman for the New York Health Plan Association, which represents insurers.

«The state's other insurers should not bear the financial brunt of fixing a problem that they did not create,» said Leslie Moran, a spokeswoman for the Health Plan Association, which represents insurers.

The CMS gives insurers a score based on enrollee demographics and medical diagnoses, which stands in for the health of their population.

The company said in a statement that a large portion of the current rate increase for small group plans can be attributed to the risk adjustment program, «which includes flawed methodology that is adversely affecting nearly all insurers on New York State's health exchange.

One of the most pressing concerns is the fate of the roughly 200 patients receiving treatment at Sloan - Kettering, which contracted with no other insurer offered on the state's health exchange, created by the Affordable Care Act.

In fact, the Center for Political Accountability, which ranks the top 200 companies in the S&P 500 for their political spending disclosures, recently ranked Aetna number 15 — ahead of all other health insurers.

Mitt Romney does not support the Blunt amendment, which would empower employers and insurers to deny health coverage they find morally objectionable.

The demise of Health Republic, which enrolled nearly 20 percent of customers in the public marketplace, leaves uncertainty for consumers and insurers as the enrollment begins.

«Obviously, we have a problem with it,» said Leslie Moran, a spokeswoman for the Health Plan Association, which represents insurers.

The largest pending conversion of a health insurer in New York is the $ 3.75 billion deal announced last year in which Centene Corp. plans to buy New York's Fidelis Care, a non-profit Catholic health plan.

Health insurers, which have pointed to skyrocketing drug prices as a source of premium hikes, welcomed the proposal.

Members then passed the Comprehensive Contraception Coverage Act, which would require all health insurers provide cost - free contraceptive coverage as a part of their insurance policies, by a similar margin.

Leslie Moran, spokeswoman for the state Health Plan Association, which represents health insurers, said it was unclear why the bulletin was issued MHealth Plan Association, which represents health insurers, said it was unclear why the bulletin was issued Mhealth insurers, said it was unclear why the bulletin was issued Monday.