Posts Tagged ‘HEALTH’
Selman & Company Announces Acquisition of Pica Group Services Life & Health Insurance Business
Posted by: incur on: March 6, 2011
Cleveland, OH — March 1, 2011 — Selman & Company, a leading insurance marketing and administrative services provider, and Podiatry Insurance Company of America announced the completion of Selman & Company?s acquisition of the Life & Health Insurance Business of PICA Group Services of Nashville, T. ?Three of the four markets we serve through the [...]
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 [...]
States get funds to boost oversight of health insurance premiums
Posted by: incur on: August 18, 2010
The $1-million grants, which went to all but five states, will help many expand public access to information about rate hikes and hire experts to review proposed charges. Reporting from Washington — The Obama administration is sending $1-million grants to state insurance regulators to help increase oversight of rising health insurance premiums, a key step [...]
Thirty Million Women Will Gain From Health Reform Law, Including About 15 Million Uninsured
Posted by: incur on: August 6, 2010
Approximately thirty million American women will gain from the new health reform law over the next ten years, according to a new report from The Commonwealth Fund , a private foundation based in New York. The authors state that the law will stabilize women’s growing exposure to ever-increasing health costs, and even reverse it, by [...]
Thirty Million Women Will Gain From Health Reform Law, Including About 15 Million Uninsured
Posted by: incur on: August 4, 2010
Approximately thirty million American women will gain from the new health reform law over the next ten years, according to a new report from The Commonwealth Fund , a private foundation based in New York. The authors state that the law will stabilize women’s growing exposure to ever-increasing health costs, and even reverse it, by [...]
Thirty Million Women Will Gain From Health Reform Law, Including About 15 Million Uninsured
Posted by: incur on: August 3, 2010
Approximately thirty million American women will gain from the new health reform law over the next ten years, according to a new report from The Commonwealth Fund , a private foundation based in New York. The authors state that the law will stabilize women’s growing exposure to ever-increasing health costs, and even reverse it, by [...]
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 [...]
IRS Adds Web Info on Small Biz Health Insurance Tax Credit
Posted by: incur on: April 7, 2010
The Internal Revenue Service has updated its Web site to provide information to small employers regarding the new tax credit for providing health coverage. The new Web pages include a graphic to help employers quickly determine if they qualify for the credit; scenarios that explain how much certain businesses and exempt organizations would benefit from [...]
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 [...]
