Read Mark Sanchez's full article here. Excerpt from article: "Direct contracting between employers and so-called “centers of excellence” that excel in medical specialties such as cancer or cardiovascular disease increased to 18 percent last year from 12 percent in...
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Proposed Rules Would Affect Prescription Drug Plans
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has floated proposed regulations that would affect drug benefits for group plans and association plans and attempt to reduce drug expenses for health plan enrollees and drug plans. While the rules seem to be focused on...
MiBiz Features TCHP in In-Depth Direct Contracting Feature
Abstract from MiBiz Metro, Mercy move into direct contracting with employers for health care BY MARK SANCHEZ Sunday, June 09, 2019 07:00pm ... The trend emerges as employers want to gain better control over what they spend on employee health care, leading some to...
Regulators Take Steps to Help Grandfathered Plans
Regulators are in the early stages of creating rules that make it easier for health plans that were grandfathered in before the Affordable Care Act took effect to continue providing coverage. The number of workers enrolled in plans that were in effect before the ACA...
DOJ Tells Court to Nullify ACA; What’s Next?
After a period of relative stability, the future of the Affordable Care Act has once again been thrown into uncertainty. In a surprise move, the Department of Justice announced that it would not further pursue an appeal of a ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Reed...
Vision Benefits Help Workers, Who in Turn Help You
EVERY EMPLOYER benefits from a healthy workforce. But many employers do not know that an affordable way to achieve this is with voluntary vision benefits which are a win-win for both businesses and their employees. Recent research shows that employers see average...
Employers More Confused about Coverage than Ever
One of the biggest challenges for employers who offer their workers health insurance benefits is that the majority of U.S. workers are really in the dark about how insurance works, according to a new survey. Despite employers' best efforts to provide as much education...
Regulators Take Steps to Help Grandfathered Plans
Regulators are in the early stages of creating rules that make it easier for health plans that were grandfathered in before the Affordable Care Act took effect to continue providing coverage. The number of workers enrolled in plans that were in effect before the ACA...
Drug Prices, Employee benefits, Pharmaceutical Inflation
Retail prescription drug spending grew 36% over the four-year period ended Dec. 31, 2016, but out-of-pocket spending for health plan enrollees remained steady, according to a recent study by the Pew Charitable Trusts. The study, “The Prescription Drug Landscape,...
Surprise Medical Bills and ‘Balance Billing’ in Crosshairs
When your medical care provider charges more than your insurance company is willing to reimburse, you may get a bill asking you to pay the difference - a practice called "balance billing." The Trump administration is moving to put a stop to the practice. In a recent...
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148 S River Ave Ste 300, Holland, MI 49423