by Eriksen Insurance | Oct 31, 2016 | 2017 Open Enrollment
Business Wire reports: “Cigna (NYSE: CI), already a leading provider of employer-sponsored group health plans in Illinois and across the United States, is introducing new individual and family medical plans in the Chicago area, both on and off the federal public...
by Eriksen Insurance | Jul 20, 2016 | Health Care .gov, Health Insurance News
AHIP reports: “States are facing a shortage of physicians in primary care, psychiatry, obstetrics and gynecology, and general surgery, according to a new AHIP data brief. This analysis looked at the ratio of these physicians to the population and found several...
by Eriksen Insurance | Jan 26, 2016 | Individual Health Insurance, Open Enrollment
According to United Healthcare, Broker Connection Special Edition: “On Dec. 28, 2015, the IRS announced that it is granting an automatic extension for the 2015 information returns required of insurers, employers and certain other providers of Minimum Essential...
by Eriksen Insurance | Jan 26, 2016 | Affordable Care Act, Health Insurance News, Open Enrollment
According to USA Today: “Bowing to pressure from insurers, federal officials on Tuesday tightened the conditions under which people can sign up for plans on the HealthCare.govexchange outside open enrollment. The move by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid...
by Eriksen Insurance | Feb 10, 2015 | Medicaid
Yahoo News reports: “The Obama administration on Monday unveiled an ambitious plan to control health costs by moving the $2.9 trillion U.S. health systems away from costly fee-for-service medicine, beginning with the Medicare program for the elderly and...