by Eriksen Insurance | Jul 30, 2011 | Health Insurance Cost, Health Laws
Kaiser Family Foundation reports: “Wednesday, July 20, 2011 As part of several debt-reduction and Medicare-reform proposals, some policymakers propose to prohibit Medicare supplemental insurance policies (known as Medigap) from covering all of enrollee’s...
by Eriksen Insurance | Jun 22, 2011 | Blue Cross and Blue Shield
Blue Cross and Blue Shield reports: “Coming Aug. 1: New Member ID Cards with Bar Code Technology As you may recall, we last changed the format of our member ID cards in 2008, as part of a Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association ID card standardization initiative....
by Eriksen Insurance | Jun 14, 2011 | Medicare
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has made several improvements to Medicare preventive services, many of which are available at no cost to the member. The one-time “Welcome to Medicare” preventive visit is still covered within the first 12 months that a person...
by Eriksen Insurance | May 24, 2011 | Health Insurance Cost, Health Laws, Insurance Reform
Insurance Networking News reports: “The Annual Milliman Medical Index (MMI) contains some grim tidings for health insurers and others concerned by the rising cost of health care, as for the fourth straight year costs rose by at least 7%. The MMI found that for...
by Eriksen Insurance | Apr 21, 2011 | Health Laws, Insurance Reform
Society for Human Resource Management reports: “The proposed Medical Flexible Spending Account Improvement Act (H.R. 1004), a bill that would allow employees to withdraw and pay taxes on any remaining funds in their medical flexible spending accounts (FSAs)...
