March 25, 2024 A Look at 10-Years of ACA Coverage Pennsylvania and its state peers continue to see coverage gains on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) health insurance marketplaces.
March 14, 2024 OCR Investigating Health Information Security Following Change Healthcare Attack The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Right (OCR) has opened an investigation into whether UnitedHealth Group and Change Healthcare are taking appropriate steps to protect patients’ health information following the February cyberattack that continues to disrupt hospital operations and finances.
March 12, 2024 Biden’s 2025 Budget Blueprint for Health President Joe Biden has unveiled a $7.3 trillion budget proposal for fiscal year (FY) 2025 that includes a focus on drug pricing, cybersecurity, and Affordable Care Act subsidies, among other health priorities.
March 11, 2024 Federal Government: UnitedHealth, Payors Must ‘Meet the Moment’ to Support Hospitals The federal government is calling on UnitedHealth Group and the payor community to support hospitals, physicians, pharmacists, and other health care providers following the Change Healthcare cyberattack.
February 08, 2024 A Look at Post-Pandemic Medicaid Renewals More than 16.2 million Americans have been disenrolled in Medicaid as the unwinding of the pandemic’s continuous enrollment provision moves past the halfway point.
January 29, 2024 Record-breaking Pennie Enrollment for 2024 Pennsylvania saw record enrollment on its health insurance marketplace Pennie, with more than 430,000 Pennsylvanians signing up for coverage for 2024.
January 17, 2024 CMS Releases Final Rule on Prior Authorization CMS today unveiled a final rule to streamline the prior authorization process and improve the electronic exchange of health information.
January 09, 2024 A Few More Days for 2024 Health Insurance Pennsylvanians will have a little extra time if they need to pick a health insurance plan via the state’s health insurance marketplace, Pennie.
December 27, 2023 The State of Children’s Health Insurance Pennsylvania had a setback during the last year of the pandemic, as the number of children with health insurance declined ahead of the unwinding of Medicaid’s continuous coverage provision.
December 26, 2023 Is Health Care Back to Pre-Pandemic Normal? The public health response to the pandemic dramatically changed health care, with more Americans accessing coverage and dramatic shifts in when people went to the hospital.