by Renzo Luzzatti | Jan 22, 2020 | Health care costs
One of the fastest growing parts of the health care system, and which touches significantly on group health plans, is telemedicine. From 2016 to 2017, insurance claims for services rendered via telehealth ― as a percentage of all medical claim lines ― grew 53%...
by US Rx Care | Jan 14, 2020 | Uncategorized
The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court’s decision that the individual mandate portion of the Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional because the penalty was set to zero in 2017. However, the fate of the entire law is still in play after the...
by US Rx Care | Jan 9, 2020 | Health care costs
Starting Jan. 1, 2020, employers can establish accounts for their employees to help them pay for individual health insurance policies they purchase, as well as for other health care expenses. A new regulation expands on how health reimbursement accounts can be used....
by US Rx Care | Jan 3, 2020 | Uncategorized
A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association estimates that about 25% of all health care spending in the U.S. is attributable to waste in the system. The study, conducted by health insurer Humana and the University of Pittsburgh School of...
by US Rx Care | Dec 31, 2019 | Uncategorized
May this year bring new goals, new achievements, and a lot of new inspirations for life. Wishing you a year fully loaded with happiness. Happy New Year!
by US Rx Care | Dec 24, 2019 | Uncategorized
Happy Holidays. Wishing you every happiness this holiday season and throughout the coming year!
by US Rx Care | Dec 17, 2019 | Health care costs
A new study has found that more and more large employers are ditching high-deductible health plans as the job market tightens and they need to boost improve their health insurance offerings to retain and attract talent, and saddle their employees with less of the cost...
by US Rx Care | Dec 13, 2019 | Health care costs
A new study has found that high-deductible plans and increased use of coinsurance are exposing health plan enrollees to higher and higher pharmaceutical costs. One of the big problems for many enrollees in high-deductible plans is that their outlays for drugs may not...
by US Rx Care | Dec 10, 2019 | Health care costs
One of the country’s largest health insurers has sued a number of pharmaceutical companies, accusing them of running a price-fixing cartel of common generic drugs. Humana Inc. has accused the companies of colluding on the prices of generics to the detriment of health...
by US Rx Care | Dec 5, 2019 | Health care costs
The Trump administration on Nov. 15 announced two rules that would require more transparency in hospital pricing and health insurance out-of-pocket costs for enrollees. The final rule on hospital pricing will require hospitals to publish their standard fees both...
