Blue Shield of California will be implementing a new online payment system for their individual and family plan members in 2018. Consumers with off-exchange health plans, those bought directly from Blue Shield and not from Covered California will be transitioned to the new billing system in March … [Read More...]
CMS Blog Posts
- Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) Funding Opportunity: Measure Development for the Quality Payment Program
- CMS releases its Measures Under Consideration List for 2018 pre-rulemaking
- CMS announces a new user-centered resource to help improve alignment: the CMS Measures Inventory Tool (CMIT)
- Administrator’s Blog: National Rural Health Day (November 16, 2017)
- CMS’s 2017 Medicare Fee-For-Service improper payment rate is below 10 percent for the first time since 2013
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- Health Net Teams With Heal For Doctor Visits At Home Or HotelHealth Net is bringing primary, preventive and urgent care right to our members — literally. Starting May 1, 2018, your PPO clients — individuals and all group sizes — will have a new way to connect to care with a Heal doctor who can make house calls. The post Health Net Teams With Heal For […]
- Recordings of Bugbey’s Waltz and Galop Composed in Sacramento, CaliforniaBugbey commissioned Yanke to compose a galop and a waltz. The galop premiered on July 4, 1870. Bugbey was heavily involved in politics and the Republican Party at the time. So his galop was part patriotic pomp and part marketing for his sparkling wines that he was shipping to the East Coast market and Europe. […]
- Trump CMS New Rules To Weaken Obamacare Health PlansToday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2019. The final rule will mitigate the harmful impacts of Obamacare and empower states to regulate their insurance market. The rule will do this by advancing the Administration’s goals to increase state flexibility, improve affordability, strengthen […]
- Confidential Life Insurance Quotes With No Hounding Phone CallsSo how is getting a quote from me different from other agents? First, I don’t sell my client’s information to anyone. When I give you a quote, no one else will call you, probably not even me. I figure if you have questions, you will contact me when you have a chance. Second, I don’t […]
- Substance Abuse Treatment Driving Up Cost of Health InsuranceThe underlying assumption is that honest and ethical people will continue to pay their premiums even after their health care challenge has passed. But these people who cancel the health plan after treatment don’t value health insurance and don’t understand the financial structure necessary to keep the rates low for everyone. Their actions of terminating […]