New Challenges for ACA Enrollment Numbers in 2015
As the federal government prepares for the second open-enrollment period of the healthcare marketplaces, they face a number of new challenges as they seek to meet two …
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Google Rolling Out Video Chats with Doctors
Google is getting into healthcare – sort of. A new feature wrapped into Google’s Helpouts service aims to provide video chatting capability with physicians so …
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ACA Small Businesses Look to Marketplaces for Employee Insurance
Rising premiums and changing availability of plans are causing many small businesses to push their employees toward the healthcare marketplace instead of offering plans for …
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ACA: Hospitalization-Free Policies Do Not Provide Minimum Value
Healthcare plans without hospitalization coverage will no longer be considered to provide “minimum value” under the ACA. The Department of Health and Human Services’ minimum …
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California City Passes Nation’s First Sugar Tax
Last week’s elections resulted in the nation’s first-ever sugar tax passed by a city. Could more follow? Berkeley, California passed a proposal to implement a …
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Hospital Chain HCA added to S&P 500
HCA, the biggest hospital chain by revenue, has seen stronger than expected earnings in 2014. In fact, investor-owned hospital chains are benefitting from increased volume …
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Blue Cross Introduces a New Healthcare Price Tool
For years, the price of healthcare has been a huge debate in the United States. However, the discussion was never over the actual delivery of …
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Healthcare Startup Tips for Success
The healthcare industry is hot right now. It is constantly transforming and revolutionizing. It has one of the most rapidly expanding markets in the entire …
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Supreme Court Case Threatens Obamacare
The Affordable Care Act (ACA), more commonly known as Obamacare, never fails to make national headlines. Chances are, you have heard about the most recent …
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