Surprise Billing: Volume Of Cases Using Independent Dispute Resolution Continues Higher Than Anticipated
The No Surprises Act is largely working as intended to protect patients from unexpected medical bill...
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Prior Authorization – Boon or Bane? Federal and State Policymakers Seek Reforms to Insurers’ Utilization Management Practices
January Research Roundup: What We’re Reading
Third Time’s Not the Charm: Connecticut’s Public Option Bill Fails Once Again
The COVID-19 Pandemic – Insurer Insights Into Challenges, Implications, and Lessons Learned
Payer-Provider Contract Disputes Dominate Headlines in 2019, With No Signs of Slowing Down
Insurers Report on Their Q3 Financial Earnings: Marketplace Profitability, Retail Partnerships, and More
Stakeholders Weigh in on the Risk Corridor Litigation: Are Public-Private Partnerships At Risk?
2019 Insurer Participation: A “Quieter” Year As Companies Maintain, Expand Their Presence
Stakeholders React to HHS’s Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2020. Part 1: Insurers
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Prior Authorization – Boon or Bane? Federal and State Policymakers Seek Reforms to Insurers’ Utilization Management Practices
Utilization management is one tool that insurers can use to help keep premiums in check, but it come...
January Research Roundup: What We’re Reading
In our newest monthly roundup of health policy research, CHIR’s Emma Walsh-Alker reviews studies o...
Third Time’s Not the Charm: Connecticut’s Public Option Bill Fails Once Again
Connecticut’s efforts to pass a public option bill for the third year in a row came to an early en...
The COVID-19 Pandemic – Insurer Insights Into Challenges, Implications, and Lessons Learned
The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has placed enormous pressure on virtually all facets of U....
Payer-Provider Contract Disputes Dominate Headlines in 2019, With No Signs of Slowing Down
For several years, we at CHIR have tracked health insurance industry trends by monitoring trade and ...
Insurers Report on Their Q3 Financial Earnings: Marketplace Profitability, Retail Partnerships, and More
Last month, health insurers reported on their third-quarter (Q3) financial earnings, offering insigh...
Stakeholders Weigh in on the Risk Corridor Litigation: Are Public-Private Partnerships At Risk?
On December 10, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Maine Community Health Options v....
2019 Insurer Participation: A “Quieter” Year As Companies Maintain, Expand Their Presence
Since implementation of the Affordable Care Act, insurer participation in the ACA marketplaces has f...
Stakeholders React to HHS’s Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2020. Part 1: Insurers
On January 18, the Department of Health and Human Services issued its Notice of Benefit and Payment ...
Stakeholders Respond to the Proposed Health Reimbursement Arrangement Rule. Part 2: Insurers
In October, the Departments of Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services issued a proposed rule...
The Trump Administration’s Association Health Plans Emerge: What Early Announcements Tell Us About this New Market
This past summer, the Department of Labor (DOL) finalized a regulation calling for the expansion of ...
Stakeholders Respond to the Proposed Short-Term, Limited-Duration Insurance Rule. Part II: Major Medical Insurers
The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Treasury received over 9,000 comments on th...
Insurer Participation in ACA Marketplaces: Federal Uncertainty Triggers Diverging Business Strategies
A reliable indicator of health insurance markets’ stability is insurer participation, including th...
Signs of Marketplace Stability May Be Undercut by Federal Policy Uncertainty
Recently, analysts have found evidence of marketplace stability after a number of insurers scaled ba...
Technology’s Impact on the Way We Access Health Care Continuing to Raise Questions
Technology is transforming how we access and receive health care through the use of telemedicine. As...
New Report Examines Early Indications of Insurer Participation and Competition in Health Insurance Exchanges
One of the key goals of the Affordable Care Act is to make health insurance coverage more affordable...