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Build your financial success dream team

Build your financial success dream team

  Many busy physicians find they don’t have the time and energy to develop a savvy financial plan for their practice or their own personal needs. That’s why physicians needs the collaborative support and guidance of a good financial team. Many physicians never learned anything in medical school about running a business or handling personal […]
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AMA: Prior Authorization Creates Physician Burden, Patient Care Delays

AMA: Prior Authorization Creates Physician Burden, Patient Care Delays

Although health plans aim to promote value-based care with prior authorization requirements, providers and patients may experience negative repercussions from the process. Prior authorization negatively impacted patients and providers alike by leading to care delays for patients and creating administrative burden for physicians, according to a survey from the American Medical Association (AMA). Health plans […]
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AHIP warns proposed ACA exchange rule could threaten market’s growing stability

AHIP warns proposed ACA exchange rule could threaten market’s growing stability

  AHIP, the top lobbying organization for commercial insurers, is warning the feds that provisions in its proposed rule governing the Affordable Care Act’s exchanges for 2023 could “undermine” the growing stability there. For instance, the group says in comments (PDF) submitted late Thursday that potential changes to requirements for essential health benefits would limit […]
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CMS Updates Affordable Care Act, Public Payer Enrollment Numbers

CMS Updates Affordable Care Act, Public Payer Enrollment Numbers

Affordable Care Act enrollment for 2022 and public payer enrollment midway through 2021 saw some record-breaking surges. In 2020 and 2021, public payer and Affordable Care Act marketplaces experienced major disruptions and changes that continue to have ripple effects. The year that the pandemic struck, Medicaid and CHIP enrollment escalated for the first time in […]
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Medicare Advantage, consolidation drove healthcare insurer trends in 2021

Medicare Advantage, consolidation drove healthcare insurer trends in 2021

  COVID-19 continued to affect the industry, which has plowed forward with expanded offerings, digital transformation and other bold moves. It was difficult to predict trend lines for the payer and health insurance industry in 2021, largely because of persistent uncertainties due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Consumer behavior has become more unpredictable, care models and […]
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The Mississippi’s Medicaid Expansion Could Reduce State Medicaid Spending

The Mississippi’s Medicaid Expansion Could Reduce State Medicaid Spending

  Mississippi’s Medicaid program ranks poorly for its access to and quality of care, but Medicaid expansion could increase healthcare coverage along with lowering state Medicaid spending. Mississippi could achieve lower state Medicaid spending over the course of five years by expanding its Medicaid program with the American Rescue Plan boost to federal matching, a […]
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