March 23rd, 2012 by Katie Whittle
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January 6th, 2012 by Eboni Morris
On Monday, Dec. 16, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a bulletin outlining guidance to states on implementing Essential Health Benefits (EHBs). As you may recall, the Affordable Care Act will require individuals to have insurance ...
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September 15th, 2011 by Eboni Morris
(CNN) -- As a school nurse in Rochester, Michigan, Ronda Harrison has more than 15,000 students in 23 buildings under her care. She works out of the district's administrative offices and spends her days giving PowerPoint presentations to educators and communicating ...
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November 23rd, 2010 by Eboni Morris
Health care reform will have a profound impact on persons with bleeding disorders as health insurance companies take steps to comply with various insurance market reform provisions. However, changes stemming from the health care reform law are only one piece ...
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October 7th, 2010 by Eboni Morris
The Commonwealth Fund hosted a webinar on the Affordable Care Act provision on establishing temporary high-risk pools, also called Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plans (PCIPs). PCIPs are designed to quickly make health insurance available to uninsured individuals with pre-existing conditions, many of ...
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October 7th, 2010 by Eboni Morris
S. 5000-B gives the New York State Insurance Department the authority to deny requests from insurance companies to create specialty drug pricing tiers, also known as Tier IV drug pricing. These types of tiers have been used by insurance companies ...
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September 24th, 2010 by Eboni Morris
This week marked the six month anniversary of the passage of the health care reform law. Many events have taken place over the past week to highlight the new law. We were also reminded of the great need for reform, ...
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September 24th, 2010 by Eboni Morris
The Center for American Progress held a panel discussion of health insurance experts to examine what new consumer protections have already been implemented and what changes the American public can expect in the health insurance market in the very near ...
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September 9th, 2010 by kcarter
Only 32 people have applied for the Iowa PCIP (temporary high risk pool). An estimated 34,500 people would qualify for the program that has enough funds to cover approximately 975 Iowans. Iowa received roughly $35 million in federal funding to ...
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August 31st, 2010 by kcarter
On August 28-29, Hemophilia of Indiana held their annual meeting in Indianapolis. HFA's Michelle Burg (Program Director) and Lauren Neybert (Program Coordinator) arrived Friday night to set-up the HFA booth.
On Saturday, the morning agenda began with a new program called, PEN’s Pulse on the Road (POTR) ...
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