by Mike Barrett | Feb 24, 2015 | Announcements, Employer Issues, General Health, General Insurance Issues, Healthcare Issues, Healthcare Reform, National News, News and Events, Providers, Uncategorized
And What’s Being Done to Protect Those Affected… After attending a meeting, corresponding with an Anthem representative, and monitoring their website for updates, here’s more information on who’s at risk from the recent cyber attack and what steps Anthem...
by Mike Barrett | Feb 17, 2015 | Employer Issues, General Health, General Insurance Issues, Healthcare Issues, National News, News and Events
As you likely already know, Anthem’s database was recently hacked. It appears that nearly all Anthem product lines were impacted. Anthem, the country’s 2nd largest health insurance carrier, reports that member information for some 80 million individuals may have...
by Tom Barrett | Feb 12, 2015 | Employer Issues, General Health, General Insurance Issues, Healthcare Issues, Healthcare Reform, Managed Care - Group Health, Providers
Healthcare consumerism is good. We should all work to get better at it. Transparency tools that are provided by the carriers and by innovative up and comers like CareTrader can be quite helpful. We should take advantage of these tools and use them wisely. But, if you...
by Tom Barrett | Dec 10, 2014 | Employer Issues, General Health, General Insurance Issues, Medicare Medicaid, Pharmacy Costs
…Here are the ABC’s (and Part D) For whatever reason – aging workforce, increasing costs, heightened awareness because of ACA – we’re getting lots and lots of questions from clients and their employees about Medicare this year. Way more than in years past. The...
by Tom Barrett | Nov 14, 2014 | Employer Issues, Health Policy, Healthcare Issues, Healthcare Reform, Humor
Moderate “average” rate increases for 2015 exchange plans over 2014 exchange plans have been widely reported in the press and elsewhere. Well here’s another “not so fast my friend!” Many folks who purchased ACA plans in 2014 on the...
by BBGAdmin | Oct 31, 2014 | Employer Issues, Healthcare Issues, Healthcare Reform, Humor
For a little Halloween fun, I’ve compiled a few articles that have to do with healthcare tricks and treats. All related to Obamacare, or the Affordable Healthcare Act, of course… Trick: Gov. Kasich’s four Obamacare tricks by Washington Examiner...
