Cigna program to pay out-of-network providers for COVID-19 services
(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) Cigna will pay out-of-network providers market-based rates for treatment provided to its members with
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Employer Healthcare
UnitedHealth announces new cost sharing waivers
UnitedHealth Group announced its fully insured members will receive a credit of 5 to 20 percent on their June premium
Read MoreDo formulary exclusion list benefit the patient?
Express Scripts and CVS Caremark, the two largest pharmacy benefit managers, increased the numbers of drugs on their 2020 exclusion
Read MoreYou have three options if you lose your health insurance
The COVID-19 pandemic has unleashed two crises: health and economic. While millions of Americans lost their jobs it also means
Read MoreHealth Insurers Prosper As COVID-19 Deflates Demand For Elective Treatments
(By Julie Appleby and Steven Findlay for Kaiser Health News) As doctors and consumers are forced to put most nonemergency
Read MoreTelehealth Will Be Free, No Copays, They Said. But Angry Patients Are Getting Billed.
(By Jay Hancock for Kaiser Health News) Karen Taylor had been coughing for weeks when she decided to see a
Read MoreCoronavirus & Medicare enrollment: Get the coverage you need
(Source – www.medicare.gov/blog) To help stop the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), many businesses have temporarily closed. If
Read MoreHow Much More Than Medicare Do Private Insurers Pay? A Review of the Literature
(By Eric Lopez, Tricia Neuman, Gretchen Jacobson, and Larry Levitt for Kaiser Family Foundation) With millions expected to be hospitalized during the
Read MoreMarketplace coverage & Coronavirus
(Source -www.healthcare.gov/coronavirus) If you already have coverage through the Marketplace, the rules in your Marketplace health plan for treatment for
Read MoreUnitedHealth Group announces $2 billion in accelerated claim payments to providers
UnitedHealth Group announced it is taking steps immediately to accelerate payments and other financial support to health care providers in
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