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Health insurer Wellmark to stop selling individual policies
A decision by Iowa's dominant health insurance company to stop selling individual policies could leave thousands of residents scrambling to get new policies.
How Health Insurers Can Help Kids Reach a Healthy Weight
More than one dozen major health plans and employer groups across the nation have adopted a new program designed to offer special training for providers about discussing weight and other sensitive issues with families.
Why Your Health Insurer Might Help Pay For Your Apple Watch
New program from Aetna seeks to incentive healthy behavior.
Many Health Insurers to Limit Choices of Doctors, Hospitals
Many of the new health-insurance marketplaces will include relatively few choices of doctors and hospitals. The big reason behind these limited plans: Cost. Insurers are betting that consumers will be willing to trade some choice and flexibility in order to get cheaper premiums.
What are my rights in a dispute with my health insurer?
Q As I was undergoing tests in an emergency room for a fainting episode, my health insurance plan told the hospital that my policy had been canceled for nonpayment of premium. This was untrue. I wa…
Is this the end of health insurers?
Hospitals have long seen insurers as middlemen. Now this start-up offers the tools to squeeze them out.
These are the 3 things you should always tell your travel health insurer
Whether your next trip has you looking forward to a special restaurant experience or an epic cycling excursion, researching and planning a vacation is usually a fun task. But once the trip is booke…
Will A Health Insurer Sponsor The Next 'Jackass' Movie?
Soon, all Americans will have to buy health insurance or pay a fine. This sounds like a marketer's dream. But when the product you're selling is health insurance, there are some pitfalls.
How health insurers can better reach millennials
This large demographic craves fresh, personalized, interactive experiences that connect the digital and physical worlds they live in.
Why health insurers want to cast pharma as a villain
Sander Flaum takes a look at why health insurers want to cast pharma as the villain.
Industry Voices—How industrial engineers could help health insurers
Applying industrial engineering principles to insurers' processes and systems would be a smart way to identify and make improvements.
How A Health Insurer's Overpayment Can Become Your Problem
Health insurers sometimes pay too much to a doctor or hospital for services rendered. When insurers look to get their money back, patients may be surprised to get stuck with the bills.
How will health insurers control the rising costs of HR+/HER2
Learn what strategies MCOs will use to manage rising costs, and what that means for pharma strategists.
What Uber, Lyft can teach health insurers about customer engagement
Experts believe that health plans can learn a few things from the recent boom in the technogical transportation industry, saying that modern medicine is lacking is providing both an amazing customer experience and building customer loyalty.
5 health policy bills you should be watching
One of employers' top health account legislation experts shares part of his tracking list.
Which Health Policies Actually Work? We Rarely Find Out
There’s surprisingly little rigorous research on programs like Medicaid and Medicare.
How Health Insurers and Policy Makers Can Lower Upfront Out-of-Pocket Costs
Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, we’ve made tremendous progress in expanding access to affordable health insurance. However, the findings of our new report show that there is still work to be done to help consumers with their out-of-pocket costs so they can get the care they need. The good news is that there are steps that health insurers and state and federal policy makers can take to address this issue.
How insurers use gamification for customer wellness
Interactive tools, such as gaming, can make payer products more attractive to consumers and motivate customers to adopt healthy habits.
How to Find a Lost Life Insurance Policy
Get tried-and-true tips for tracking down a lost life insurance policy.
Why Flood insurance isn't like a Homeowners' policy
Americans have a reasonable understanding of how their Homeowners' policy works. They often expect the same coverage on their Flood policy.
