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New Value-Based Payment Models Gain Traction Among Health Insurers
“Health insurers increasingly are moving away from traditional fee-for-service models toward value-based care under alternative payment arrangements,” according to John Barkett, director of policy...
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Medicare Now Reimburses Doctors For End-Of-Life Discussions
A Medicare policy enacted in January of this year will help seniors decide the care they want at the end of their lives. The policy, referenced in a Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)...
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Little Known Rule Allows Some Seniors to Change Medicare Advantage Plans When...
Medicare Advantage plans are an attractive alternative to original Medicare or original Medicare plus private supplemental Medicare plans for some seniors. However, Medicare Advantage plans have some...
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Changes To Medicare Advantage Plan Payments Made Final By CMS Ruling
It’s official. Over the next 2 years, CMS will be phasing in changes to how payments are calculated for group Medicare Advantage plans that provide health coverage to employers’ retirees. This is...
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Employers Look To Private Medicare Exchanges As Alternative To Group Retiree...
According to Kaiser Family Foundation data, just 23 percent of employers with over 200 employees offered retiree health benefits last year. But that statistic doesn’t tell the whole story. Rather than...
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When Care Comes To You: Home Visits Save Medicare Money
The doctor is in. But in this case, “in” could mean in your home. A recent article in Kaiser Health News highlighted the first-year results of a pilot program, called Independence at Home, run by the...
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Out-of-Pocket Prescription Drug Costs for Seniors Rising Even Higher in 2016
A trend toward coinsurance over copays results in Medicare beneficiaries paying higher out-of-pocket prices for their prescription drugs. It also makes it harder for seniors to predict costs because...
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New Medical Devices Spur Medicare Spending Growth
Some of the fastest-growing Medicare costs stem from doctors using new medical devices for testing and treatment in their offices, recent data shows. According to a Wall Street Journal analysis, four...
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Top Ten OneExchange Blog Posts in 2016
With the end of the year just around the corner, we are taking a moment to look back at the most popular posts on the OneExchange blog this year. Most-read topics included benefits administration,...
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Willis Towers Watson introduces new segment and brand names for its benefits...
On November 16, 2017 Wills Towers Watson (NASDAQ: WLTW), announced that is has renamed one of its Exchange Solutions as Benefits Delivery and Administration (BDA). The company also said that it has...
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