HealthLeaders-InterStudy has prepared an executive brief on healthcare reform after the 2010 election.
The insurance market in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana reacted to new reform rules that began this fall. Employers with group plans were forced to decide whether or not to pursue grandfather status with t…
Sorting out the complexities of healthcare reform has kept health plans and employer groups busy this enrollment season, overshadowing the typical product innovation seen this time of year. Financiall…
Thanks to healthcare reform, prodding by the federal government and new benefit designs, we’re seeing substantial changes in store with the market.With the rollout of new Medicare plans for 2011, we’r…
The asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) market represents a brand-dominated market that could face substantial changes over the next few years by the possible arrival of generic me…
Employment and health plan enrollment appear to have stabilized in Oregon and Washington, and both states are pushing ahead in response to federal health reforms, improving their regulatory capacity a…
Pennsylvania's commercial insurance market suffered in 2009 as employment losses and the rising cost of employer-based health insurance forced many to drop coverage. The state's major communit…
Although it appears unlikely there will be widespread, dramatic design changes in 2011 as plan sponsors attempt to understand the full implications of healthcare reform, there will be some adjustments…
Thousands of state residents currently receiving care in Minnesota through the state-subidized MinnesotaCare program could be moved into state exchanges as a part of national healthcare reform. Howeve…
Still reeling from a weak job market, the insurance industry in the Tristate is looking under every stone for cost controls and efficiencies. Carriers still challenged in growing their commercial busi…
The commercial healthcare segment is consolidating in the Heartland, where dominant Blue Cross plans hold their solid top positions, and players such as Coventry are buying up regional plans in hopes…
Uncertainty about the economy and the effects of health reform put a damper on the South's health insurance market. Commercial enrollment is essentially flat in Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and Ten…
Commercial health insurers in the Indiana-Kentucky-Ohio region have experienced declining enrollment due to the economic effects of employers dropping or cutting workplace-sponsored coverage. But insu…
Now that federal healthcare reform is passed, insurance companies and their regulators are turning their focus to immediate tasks, in particular setting up a high-risk pool for an estimated 5,000 indi…
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