Health Insurance

Understand the dangers of high-deductible health plans and how to mitigate the risk of medical debt.
A recent Urban Institute report highlighting medical debt fails to examine how inadequate health coverage drives this debt, writes Molly Smith, AHA’s group vice president of public policy.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will make whole health care providers impacted by lowered coinsurance on 27 Medicare Part B prescription drugs. The reduced coinsurance rates, which are required by the Inflation Reduction Act, take effect April 1 and will remain in effect through…
This April through June under the Inflation Reduction Act, Medicare will reduce the coinsurance amount for 27 Part B prescription drugs from 20% to somewhere between 10% and 19.9%, depending on the drug, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced today.
A new UnitedHealthcare Rewards program will pay eligible plan members, including spouses, up to $1,000 a year for achieving various daily health goals and one-time activities when documented through wearable devices.
Commenting today on the CMS proposed policy and technical changes to the Medicare Advantage program for contract year 2024, AHA voiced strong support for proposals to strengthen MA organization oversight and consumer protections and ensure greater equity between Traditional Medicare and the MA…
After surveying more than 21,000 consumers since 2017, leaders from Accenture have found some interesting answers and developed conclusions about where health care organizations should invest to improve the patient experience.
Providers, payers, data analytics companies and others working to transform health care gathered last week at the 41st annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference to give updates on their strategies and progress.
The uninsured rate for Americans under age 65 fell from 11.1% in 2019 to 10.5% in 2021, according to a report released today by the Department of Health and Human Services.