1+ hour, 54+ min ago  (326+ words) United Health's main health insurance business says it will reduce the number of prior authorization requirements for patients under 18 by about two-thirds by Dec. 31. United Healthcare will cut prior authorization requirements for commercial health plans, as well as for Medicaid…...

1+ hour, 57+ min ago  (659+ words) Facing higher premiums and the loss of federal subsidies, 374, 000 people with health insurance from the state marketplace known as Covered California canceled their coverage in the first three months of the year, according to government statistics. The cancellations amount to…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago  (556+ words) The affordability crisis for many people who have health insurance under the Affordable Care Act came into sharper focus Tuesday, with a new analysis projecting that higher premiums will cause millions more people to lose insurance this year. Another sign…...

2+ week, 1+ hour ago  (561+ words) Get the latest health care news and updates for insurance brokers. Editor's Note: Covered California is a State-Based Marketplace (SBM). For details on how these new rules will impact Covered California and other SBMs we recommend the following Princeton University…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (1073+ words) Get the latest health care news and updates for insurance brokers. In April, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services began enforcing the strongest'hospital price transparency rules in the program's history. The'Calendar Year 2026 Outpatient Prospective Payment System final rule eliminates the…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (391+ words) Get the latest health care news and updates for insurance brokers. The Trump administration has issued a six-month moratorium on hospice and home health agencies enrolling in Medicare as part of its efforts to combat fraud. The Centers for Medicare…...

3+ week, 36+ min ago  (369+ words) Get the latest health care news and updates for insurance brokers. Employers want greater transparency in their pharmacy benefits, with many viewing a model that eschews rebates as a key way to get there, according to a new survey. The…...

3+ week, 34+ min ago  (422+ words) Get the latest health care news and updates for insurance brokers. The new'rule'released Sunday'from the Department of Labor would create a new'exempted'insurance benefit " in the same category as dental and vision benefit coverage'for treating infertility. The proposal'wouldn't'require coverage but would…...

4+ week, 3+ hour ago  (975+ words) Get the latest health care news and updates for insurance brokers. At Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital, patients on gurneys line the hallways of the emergency department waiting for care, and overflow mental health patients are consigned to outdoor…...

4+ week, 3+ hour ago  (678+ words) Get the latest health care news and updates for insurance brokers. A salaried job with health benefits has long been considered the gold standard of employment in the US. But now, as sharply'rising health care premiums eat into workers" pay,…...