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Insurers lose out with ICD-10 delay
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services decision to delay implementation of ICD-10 likely will have far-reaching, negative ramifications for health insurers. One of the biggest problems in
Survey: Health insurance industry has worst customer service
When it comes to customer service, health insurance companies rank dead last. In a survey rating 206 companies across 18 industries, U.S. consumers gave the health insurance industry the lowest
Can insurers survive in an ACO-driven market?
Health insurance companies will be extinct in the next eight years and replaced by accountable care organizations (ACOs) throughout the industry, said a former White House advisor. ACOs render
FierceHealthPayer is coming to you twice a week in 2012!
Ever think to yourself how much you love reading the FierceHealthPayer newsletter? And ever wish that you could read the news stories, original interviews and editorials more often? Well then it's
Deloitte expert details how insurers can survive in the new world order
Last week I urged insurers to accept the reality of healthcare reform and move forward. A tall, possibly daunting, order, I know. Since I am not an actual member of the health insurance industry, I
Insurance industry's last-minute attacks on reform just don't make sense
As everyone knows--and even those of you working in managed care would have to admit--the health insurance industry is about as crafty a lobby as you could imagine. Admittedly, getting your way
Healthcare reform cuts alarm hospitals, insurers
Fewer Americans are being covered under the reform bill up for vote today, according to a report in the Chicago Tribune. A series of compromises designed to control costs and limit federal subsidies
Insurance industry attacks healthcare legislation
Unwilling to accept the new momentum behind healthcare legislation lying down, the health insurance industry launched a new attack against the healthcare legislation drafted by the Senate Finance
Survey: Study suggests wide variance in medical fees
America's Health Insurance Plans, the trade group representing the health insurance industry, feels it has been unfairly vilified by the Administration as the villains of the healthcare system during
Health insurers take ratings hit from Fitch on reform fears
No one's really sure how health reform will impact the health insurance industry. But it seems that as far as the financial sector is concerned, the impact isn't likely to be good. In one striking
