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New Mexico Carrier Sues Over Feds' ACA Risk-Adjustment Move
By Allison BellCarriers expecting big payments see the move a blessing. An issuer facing a huge bill sees it as a problem.
August 10, 2018
Time Is the Most Popular Perk: UnumEven for millennials, the company says, paid family leave beats help with repaying student loans.
August 10, 2018
The Good News and Bad News About Retirees' Health Care CostsExpectations for 2019 and 2020 are very different.
August 10, 2018
CMS Tries to Keep the ACA Risk-Adjustment Program MovingOfficials hope adding explanations to the program regulations will make $4.8 billion in 2018 payments flow smoothly.
August 09, 2018
CMS Pushes Medicare Doctors to Rein In Costs or Face PenaltiesSeema Verma wants ACOs to accept risk, not just share in rewards for good performance.
August 09, 2018
HC2 Completes One LTCI Deal, Seeks MoreHave an unwanted LTCI block, and some cash? Philip Falcone's company might be interested.
August 09, 2018
Active Medicare Supplement Issuers Are Smokin' Hot: Gen ReGen Re has shown what's really going on in Medicare supplement
August 08, 2018
Change What Doctors Order to Save on Health CareMaybe the key to cutting costs is to make the physician a better shopper.