Posts Tagged ‘Care’
New Data Show Millions of Americans With Alcohol and Drug Addiction Could Benefit From Health Care Reform
Posted by: incur on: September 19, 2010
WASHINGTON/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — New government data released today demonstrate the continued, urgent need for more Americans to have access to drug and alcohol addiction treatment, according to an analysis by the Closing the Addiction Treatment Gap (CATG) initiative. If implemented properly, federal health care reform legislation could help remove financial barriers to treatment for millions of [...]
Group Health testing insurance incentives in effort to cut health-care costs
Posted by: incur on: August 26, 2010
Group Health Research Institute has received a $2 million federal grant to study whether a relatively new health-insurance model can support and improve patient health, and hence can reduce cost. If it does, many insurers and self-insured employers may well adopt this model, which uses financial carrots and sticks to nudge patients to use health [...]
25 House Members Go To Bat For Agents On Future Health Care Role
Posted by: incur on: July 28, 2010
Twenty-five members of the House have asked federal health regulators to ensure a role for licensed insurance agents in the web portal that will be used to aid consumers in comparing coverage options. The Department of Health and Human Services unveiled the web portal July 1 on a trial basis. An update with more comprehensive [...]
Gap in health care law’s protection for children
Posted by: incur on: March 24, 2010
WASHINGTON (Health Care Watch) ? Hours after President Barack Obama signed historic health care legislation, a potential problem emerged. Administration officials are now scrambling to fix a gap in highly touted benefits for children. Obama made better coverage for children a centerpiece of his health care remake, but it turns out the letter of the [...]
AHIP Statement on Status of Health Care Reform
Posted by: incur on: February 24, 2010
Washington, D.C. ? America?s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) President and CEO Karen Ignagni this afternoon made the following remarks as prepared for delivery on the status of health care reform: ?There is an enormous amount of attention being paid right now to premium increases for people who obtain coverage in the individual insurance market ? [...]
As Health Overhaul Stalls, Hospitals Face Rising Cost Of Uncompensated Care
Posted by: incur on: February 11, 2010
For American hospitals, “the cost of doing nothing in Washington translates into tens of billions of dollars each year in medical bills that go unpaid by patients with little or no insurance,” The New York Times reports. “Nationwide, the cost of unpaid care for hospitals, which includes charity care as well as money that could [...]
Another Health Care Amendment Draws P&C Industry Fire
Posted by: incur on: September 28, 2009
WASHINGTON ?Property and casualty insurance trade groups are uniting to oppose a proposed Senate health care reform amendment to merge medical components of workers? compensation and auto insurance with health insurance. The provision, known in industry parlance as ?24-hour health coverage,? was proposed yesterday by Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va. In a letter to the Senate [...]
Another Health Care Amendment Draws P&C Industry Fire
Posted by: incur on: September 28, 2009
WASHINGTON ?Property and casualty insurance trade groups are uniting to oppose a proposed Senate health care reform amendment to merge medical components of workers? compensation and auto insurance with health insurance. The provision, known in industry parlance as ?24-hour health coverage,? was proposed yesterday by Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va. In a letter to the Senate [...]
Industry Leader Rolls Out Unique Long-Term-Care Continuing Education System
Posted by: incur on: September 16, 2009
LTC Connection Inc., a company providing web based insurance and marketing tools to the industry since 1999, has just released a new product allowing LTC insurance professionals to offer their own classroom and online training programs. This new program, Partnership Training in a Box, provides professionals and organizations with a turn-key system including everything they [...]
Industry Leader Rolls Out Unique Long-Term-Care Continuing Education System
Posted by: incur on: September 16, 2009
LTC Connection Inc., a company providing web based insurance and marketing tools to the industry since 1999, has just released a new product allowing LTC insurance professionals to offer their own classroom and online training programs. This new program, Partnership Training in a Box, provides professionals and organizations with a turn-key system including everything they [...]
