By Bill Rusteberg
I’ve met a lot of interesting people over the years in the insurance business some of whom I’ve written about on this blog such as Uncle Miltie, an interesting character who practiced selling the old fashion way by simply showing up out of nowhere, traveling here, there and everywhere in search of fast and easy wealth.
Continue reading Fast Eddie
The ICHRA Shop, a leading provider of Individual Coverage Health Reimbursement Arrangement (ICHRA) solutions, has partnered with Fijoya – the platform that unifies and streamlines the benefits experience from policy to payment – to bring employers a fully integrated, transparent benefits solution already in use across joint customers.
Continue reading The ICHRA Shop Partners With Fijoya
Percent of Medicare is not perfect, but it is the reference point the industry will continue to use.
Continue reading David Loves and Hates Percentage of Medicare Pricing
The Texas legislature in their wisdom injected a dose of competition into the managed care network world with this year’s passage of SB926 which allows health plans to steer plan members to lower cost in-network providers.
Continue reading Texas Understands Not All PPO Providers Are Paid The Same
By Kimberly Carleson
Out of 174,561 physicians, between age 31–40, more than 80% now work in corporate-owned practices.
Continue reading Independent Primary Care is Disappearing
How the language of access obscures the mechanics of purchasing… and keeps employers from acting as buyers.
By Chris Deacon
This latest case against Blue Shield of California and Magellan is just one of several lawsuits across the country alleging that carriers are knowingly constructing and maintaining illusory provider networks.
Continue reading The Problem Isn’t Ghost Networks. Its Networks