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Small-group health plan enrollee value rises 2% at eHealth Medicare market disruption hurt the web broker's Q4 benefit plan sales, but the CEO is still optimistic about ICHRAs.
A QSEHRA is a health reimbursement arrangement (HRA) for small businesses that don't offer group health insurance. Employees can use the pretax funds with a Marketplace health plan or Medicare.
Plans under the HealthSpring label were included in the deal, and HCSC said in an announcement that it refreshed the brand ...
The Medicare Secondary Payer provisions (MSP) apply to group health plans sponsored by employers with 20 or more employees, in both the private and public sectors.
Typically managed by your employer’s group health plan, since 2019, HRAs can pair with Original Medicare (parts A and B) if a small business employs you without a separate group plan.
If you are not enrolled in an employer’s group health plan or you’re self-employed, sign up for Medicare when you turn 65 to avoid a Part B late enrollment penalty.
Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC) has successfully completed its purchase of The Cigna Health Group’s Medicare Advantage, Cigna Supplemental Benefits, Medicare Part D and CareAllies businesses.
The landscape of employer-sponsored healthcare is rapidly evolving, with rising costs driving the need for innovative funding ...
Rates on individual health plans sold through Connecticut’s Affordable Care Act Exchange and outside of it will go up by an average of 9.4% next year, according to the state insurance department ...
Connecticut's small-group health insurance market, with its typically lower premiums, is facing "choppy waters," said Sabrina Corlette, professor and co-director of the Center on Health ...
In aggregate, in 2021, Marketplace prices were 152 percent of Medicare prices, whereas the prices paid in small-group employer plans were 179 percent of Medicare prices.
While some employer-sponsored group health plans directly cover medical treatments for spouses and dependents, there are no such coverage options on Medicare plans.