Healthcare Dive

JANUARY 16, 2024

The uninsured rate will rise. Medicare Advantage enrollment will swell, with fewer sweeping regulatory changes. Major pharmacy benefit managers will launch more transparent products. Here’s what experts see coming down the pike for 2024.

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Healthcare Dive

AUGUST 3, 2022

Policy experts are worried, however, that progress on coverage expansion will be threatened when a moratorium on Medicaid disenrollment ends.

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Healthcare Dive

APRIL 19, 2022

Children are at highest risk in Texas, Florida and Georgia when states resume checking Medicaid eligibility after the public health emergency expires, Georgetown University researchers found.

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Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 13, 2023

HHS: Uninsured rates decline for younger Americans from 2019 through 2021. Fri, 01/13/2023 - 14:47.

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Healthcare Dive

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Numerous studies have outlined how high medical costs affect uninsured individuals, but healthcare prices are straining household budgets regardless of insurance type, according to the Commonwealth Fund.

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Center for Health Insurance Reform

APRIL 14, 2022

Despite a significant reduction in the uninsured rate over the last decade, millions of people still lack coverage, and many people who have insurance are unable to access care because of high cost sharing.

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Fierce Healthcare

AUGUST 20, 2021

Number of uninsured adults steady despite impact from COVID-19 pandemic: analysis. Fri, 08/20/2021 - 14:01.

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Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 4, 2023

Cost fears holding uninsured people back from signing up for coverage: Florida Blue survey. Wed, 01/04/2023 - 16:49.

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Fierce Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Urban Insitute: Outreach to uninsured about ACA exchanges, subsidies lacking. Wed, 09/29/2021 - 13:45.

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AIHC

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Written by: AIHC Blogger This article is to communicate information from the Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) regarding the coding of COVID-19 claims for uninsured patients. Providers may submit claims for uninsured individuals in the U.S. Who Is Eligible? without health care coverage. as the secondary diagnosis.

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Center for Health Insurance Reform

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Continue reading → The post State-Based Marketplace Outreach Strategies for Boosting Health Plan Enrollment of the Uninsured appeared first on Center on Health Insurance Reforms.

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Healthcare Dive

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Even as the uninsured rate has dipped to a record low, having coverage is not enough to protect consumers from the high-cost of care, Commonwealth Fund researchers found.

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Healthcare Dive

MAY 31, 2023

Denver Health — the largest provider of care for uninsured people in the city — has struggled with rising costs and a surge in sicker patients.

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Healthcare Dive

JUNE 16, 2022

Millions of Americans will experience dramatic price increases, become uninsured and likely accrue medical debt, GetInsured’s Heather Korbulic argues.

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Center for Health Insurance Reform

MARCH 18, 2024

This month we read studies on the uninsurance rate, dynamics between the small-group market and individual Marketplace, and the availability of mental telehealth services. In February, CHIR used Leap Day to catch up on the latest health policy research.

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Fierce Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The comparison of 60 hospitals' listed prices and those obtained by secret shopper callers "highlight the continued challenges for uninsured patients and others who attempt to comparison shop for healthcare," researchers wrote.

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Bill of Health

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Despite the important enactment in 2010 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), which increases access to care by expanding Medicaid eligibility and protecting insurance coverage of people with pre-existing health conditions and disabilities, more than 25 million people remain uninsured. Uninsured people in the U.S.

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Fierce Healthcare

JUNE 12, 2023

Industry hospital groups are pushing the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to consider a higher annual pay bump and to shed some light on why it believes the number of uninsured patients | Public comments submitted to CMS by the hospital lobby were critical of a "woefully inadequate" 2.8%

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Mobi Health News

APRIL 24, 2020

The telehealth vendor's deal with the state comes shortly after another agreement that provided the services to Medicaid, children's health insurance members.

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Center for Health Insurance Reform

JANUARY 17, 2023

In December, we read about disruptions in health insurance coverage, the uninsured population, and gaps in provider network oversight. The holiday season may be over, but health policy researchers continue to bestow gifts onto our field. This roundup will highlight key findings of these articles, as well as their significance for our work.

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Fierce Healthcare

OCTOBER 4, 2023

VITAL, a new health benefits company that will offer low deductible plans, will begin accepting applications in November to jumpstart efforts in providing | VITAL will offer no deductibles and low or no co-pays for most of its plans, designed to reach low-income, uninsured Hispanic patients.

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Center for Health Insurance Reform

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

In October, we read studies on consumer experiences enrolling in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplace, health care affordability issues among the insured and uninsured, and the impact of Medicaid expansion on coverage in heavily redlined areas.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 16, 2024

Their flagship offerings include: – EnrollmentMax™: A next-generation patient enrollment platform that helps hospitals secure medical insurance coverage for uninsured patients, ensuring access to essential care. “We’re grateful for the opportunity to invest in Apprio.

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NEJM

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

initiative could be a first step toward building a national PrEP program for uninsured and underinsured people, but more action is needed. The limited new funding allocated to the “Ending the HIV Epidemic in the U.S.”

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 10, 2024

– Specifically, 36% of respondents have skipped or postponed medical care in the last 12 months due to costs, with uninsured individuals being particularly affected (83%). – Uninsured individuals are more likely to delay medical care for over a year due to financial reasons (63%).

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The Health Law Firm Blog

JULY 14, 2023

Previously published on April 19, 2022By George F. Indest III, J.D., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law In 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) created the "Provider Relief Fund" (PRF) to help support healthcare providers in the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic. The federal program has [.]

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Hanys

JULY 14, 2023

Through collaboration with DOH, they're providing free breast, cervical and colorectal cancer screenings, diagnostic services and referrals for uninsured and underinsured individuals in their community. Learn more in our Member Spotlight.

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Modern Healthcare

APRIL 25, 2022

At the same time, demand for community testing — from residents with and without insurance — has dropped precipitously.

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Center for Health Insurance Reform

MARCH 31, 2023

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) recently celebrated its 13th anniversary with historic enrollment growth in the health insurance Marketplaces and the lowest-ever recorded uninsured rate.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 28, 2021

population uninsured or underinsured, Sesame and NantHealth are working to educate providers on direct-to-patient and virtual care, with the aim of enabling the providers to scale their practices faster. With just under half of the adult U.S. The company has raised more than $23 million in funding to scale the model of direct-pay healthcare.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

The map illustrates the density of Walmart’s Supercenters vis-à-vis the yellow dots that represent relatively higher uninsured rates. There’s no mistaking that more Supercenters are located in areas with greater levels of people without insurance based on data from 2019 (Walmart store location count) and 2018 (uninsured rates).

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Healthcare Law Today

DECEMBER 7, 2022

The issued document includes one key question we have all been wondering: Will CMS enforce the requirement that GFEs for uninsured (or self-pay) individuals include cost estimates from co-providers and co-facilities beginning on January 1, 2023? In sum (and to everyone’s relief) the answer is no. However, health care providers (i.e.,

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Electronic Health Reporter

MARCH 20, 2019

Now that the 2019 health insurance Open Enrollment period has concluded, healthcare industry stakeholders are watching closely for any shifts in consumer behavior regarding enrollment and the overall uninsured rate. After a record drop in the uninsured rate from 2008 to 2016 in response to […].

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Kaiser Health News

APRIL 29, 2023

He also discussed cancer treatment for the uninsured on WUGA’s “The Georgia Health Report” on April 14.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 27, 2020

Among the key findings from Commonwealth Fund were the facts that: More people of color were uninsured in the past year than whites. More lower-income workers were uninsured in the past year than higher-income earners. More young people age 18-34 were uninsured compared with people over 50.

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The Health Law Firm Blog

APRIL 19, 2022

By George F. Indest III, J.D., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law In 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) created the "Provider Relief Fund" (PRF) to help support healthcare providers in the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic. The federal program has served as a lifeline to [.].

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 16, 2024

Uninsured patients face a quadruple whammy, with costs exceeding $4,200 annually. Beyond the Basics: Insulin, CGMs, and the Pricey Pantry For those reliant on insulin, GLP-1 agonists, or SGLT2 inhibitors, costs skyrocket. Out-of-pocket medication expenses can jump from $90 for basic oral meds to $560 with these advanced therapies.

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