insurance and government



Reopening Healthcare.gov Rejected After considering reopening the Healthcare.gov markets for several weeks, Fox News reports the Trump administration has rejected reopening Healthcare.gov amid coronavirus outbreak. Reopening the Obamacare marketplace would have enabled millions of workers – and people who chose not to buy during the enrollment period – to purchase […]

Reopening Healthcare.gov Rejected




Starting on January 1, 2020, you must submit claims using MBIs (with a few exceptions). The Medicare Beneficiary Identifiers is a new way to the SSN-based Health Insurance Claim Number on new Medicare cards. This change comes at the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 which required CMS to remove Social […]

Medicare Beneficiary Identifier: Preparing For Your New Medicare Card





healthcare
In recent years, the cost of healthcare has risen astronomically. Americans are having to deal with high and unexpected out-of-pocket expenses. Consequently, this past June, Congress found some common ground and decided it’s time to deal with the issue at hand. “Obviously, we will continue to have significant disagreements on…Obamacare. […]

Can Congress Manage to Lower the Cost of Healthcare?



cigna merger
Cigna Healthspring & Express Script Merger It looks like Aetna & CVS aren’t the only ones who will be making big changes coming up in 2019. As of December 18th, 2018 Cigna & Express Scripts received the approval to complete their merger. Express Scripts one of the largest pharmacy-benefits-manager combining […]

Merger Between Cigna & Express Scripts Approved