Premera Blue Cross pioneers low-premium virtual care plan
(By Jackie Drees for Becker’s Hospital Review) Health insurer Premera Blue Cross is launching its first virtual primary care plan, available
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Employer Healthcare
IRS Notice 2020-29 provides temporary flexibility to cafeteria plans
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Notice 2020-29 provides temporary flexibility for section 125 cafeteria plans to permit employees to
Read MoreHow Can Lessons from Medicaid Help Connect People to Unemployment Insurance?
(By Bradley Corallo and Samantha Artiga for Kaiser Family Foundation) Millions of people are losing jobs due to the coronavirus pandemic
Read MoreFlorida Blue’s plan and policy changes to help its members during COVID-19 pandemic
Florida Blue is taking several additional steps to support health plan members and communities in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read MoreCigna 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
Read MoreUnitedHealth 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
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