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Health Insurance Guaranteed, a supplemental health insurance company, announces increase of Medigap enrollment. Miami, FL (PRWEB) May 08, 2013 Medicare supplement (Medigap) insurance is private health insurance designed to supplement Medicare. It offers coverage, at varying levels, for the significant out-of-pocket costs that aren’t covered by Medicare, such as deductibles, coinsurance, and copayments. Medigap coverage allows seniors and younger Medicare enrollees with disabilities -...
The Corporate Whistle Blower Center is now urging nursing home managers, or administrators to call them if their facility is involved in major up coding, and or bundling of Medicare bills, provided its at last over $500,000 for each of the last two years, because there really can be significant whistleblower rewards for this kind of information, provided the whistleblower's proof is substantial, and easy to see. For more information nursing home executives, administrators, or managers...
The M&L Special Needs Planning. LLC website is now providing discussions on the Obamacare reforms scheduled to take place this year and how it can affect the special needs community. Washington, DC (PRWEB) May 09, 2013 M&L Special Needs Planning, a company located in Washington, D.C., is offering a discussion of the various changes that will occur as a result of Obamacare in 2013 via their company blog. This discussion includes tax changes, program creation and enhancements, and...
Orriant has announced their corporate wellness program is compliant for the new 30% incentives when the Federal Government increases take effect in January 2014. The company’s program already meets 2013 criteria for business owners to get a potential 20% incentive. Salt Lake City, Utah (PRWEB) May 09, 2013 Orriant has announced the compliance of their company wellness programs for Federal wellness incentives. Although these corporate wellness programs are compliant for 2013 and the...
Castlight CEO Offers Perspective on Health Care Cost Variation SAN FRANCISCO (PRWEB) May 09, 2013 Today, the federal government released in-depth Medicare provider charge data for the 100 most common inpatient procedures conducted at hospitals across America. Available for the first time, the information highlights the extreme price discrepancies that can occur for the exact same procedure, in the same region, as well as the need for better health care transparency. In regards to the...
Over 789,000 New Jersey Residents To Qualify for Insurance Assistance Through Marketplace Park City, Utah (PRWEB) May 09, 2013 Today, Zane Benefits, Inc. published a new information on the NJ Health Insurance Exchange. Zane Benefits, which provides comprehensive and flexible alternatives to traditional employer sponsored health benefits, is the leader in health care reform, defined contribution and health reimbursement arrangements. According to Zane Benefits’ website, as part of the...
Close Second Factor is Percent of People Uninsured SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 9, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new HealthPocket consumer survey looks at what factors will contribute to the perceived success or failure of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) beginning in January 1, 2014. When survey takers were asked, "Which do you think is the most important issue for judging if Obamacare is a success or failure in 2014?" 38 percent answered that the number one factor was premium...
Congressional Staff Discuss Legislative Proposals to Eliminate and Reduce the High Cost of Specialty Tiers WASHINGTON, May 8, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Patient Advocate Foundation (NPAF) today convened a briefing on Capitol Hill to highlight the patient perspective on specialty tier prescription medicines and the barriers to their access for patients with cancer, multiple sclerosis, arthritis and other life-threatening and debilitating diseases. The medicines are...
Because of the expanding and aging US population, a growing number of Americans qualify for Medicare and Medicaid, which is driving demand for residential intellectual disability facilities. For these reasons, industry research firm IBISWorld has updated a report on the Residential Intellectual Disability Facilities industry in its growing industry report collection. Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) May 07, 2013 The Residential Intellectual Disability Facilities industry primarily houses and tends...
The increasing proportion of the population that received treatment for a specific medical condition – called "treated disease prevalence" -- along with higher spending per treated case accounted for most of the rise in health care spending in the U.S. between 1987 and 2009, according to a recent analysis. In the analysis, published in the May edition of Health Affairs, Kenneth E. Thorpe, PhD, chair of the Department of Health Policy and Management at Emory's Rollins School of Public...
