|
|
Search
|
|
What are you looking for?
Welcome to the Financing Center of Excellence Guided Search. To easily locate information on our website, enter a keyword into the “Key Term” search box. If you would like to narrow your search further, you can include or exclude Topics or Categories filters. To add filters, click “Add another category or topic” and select a Topic/Category. There is no limit to the number of Topics/Categories that you can use to filter results.
|
The Nuts and Bolts of Medicare Premium Support Proposals
"On June 8, the Kaiser Family Foundation released a brief examining the effect of converting Medicare into a premium support program, as outlined in the U.S. House-approved $3.5 trillion FY2012 budge ..."
Topics : Individual Coverage, Medicare, Out-of-Pocket , Spending
Categories : Medicare, Employer and Individual Insurance, Legislative and Regulatory Issues
Sources of Payment for Mental Health Treatment for Adults
"On July 7, 2011, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's Center for Behavorial Health Statistics and Quality published a report summarizing the sources of payment fo ..."
 Sources of Payment for Mental Health Treatment for Adults (PDF | 448 kb)
Topics : CHIP, Employer-Sponsored Coverage, Individual Coverage, Medicaid, Medicare, Mental Health, Out-of-Pocket , Spending
Categories : Medicaid, Medicare, Mental Health, Employer and Individual Insurance
Healthcare Costs for American Families Double in Less than 9 Years
"On May 11, Milliman Inc. released a report finding that, from 2002 to 2011, the average cost of health care for a family of four on an employer-sponsored health plan rose from $9,235 to $19,393.&nbs ..."
Topics : Employer-Sponsored Coverage, Out-of-Pocket , Spending
Categories : Employer and Individual Insurance
Consumer Health Insurance Savings under the Medical Loss Ratio Law
"On May 24, U.S. Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Chairman John Rockefeller’s (D-WV) staff released a report examining the potential impact of health reform’s medica ..."
Topics : Health Care Reform, Out-of-Pocket , Spending
Categories : Legislative and Regulatory Issues, Employer and Individual Insurance
Potential Savings From Greater Use of $4 Generic Drugs
"The Archives of Internal Medicine (AIM) released a study examining the impact of generic drug discount programs at retail pharmacies. The authors note that large retailers such as Wal-Mart, In ..."
Topics : Health Care Reform, Spending
Categories : Employer and Individual Insurance
Increased Insurance Coverage and Federal Spending on the Exchanges and Medicaid
"This report from the Urban Institute examines the increased coverage and the overall federal spending that will result from the Affordable Care Act, as predicted using the Urban Institute's Heal ..."
Topics : Health Care Reform, Individual Coverage, Legislation (National), Spending
Categories : Medicaid, Employer and Individual Insurance, State and Local
Employer-Sponsored Insurance Under Health Reform: Reports of Its Demise Are Premature
"The adoption of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) brought many concerns that the reform would negatively impact employer-sponsored health insurance by either encouraging employers to revoke coverage or ..."
Topics : Employer-Sponsored Coverage, Health Care Reform, Legislation (National), Spending
Categories : Employer and Individual Insurance
Health Savings Accounts and Health Reimbursement Arrangements
"The Employee Benefits Research Institute (EBRI) released a report, finding that cumulative health savings account (HSA) and health reimbursement account (HRA) balances increased from $835 million in ..."
Topics : Out-of-Pocket , Spending
Categories : Employer and Individual Insurance
CIGNA Choice Fund Experience Study
"On October 19, Cigna Corp. released its fifth annual CIGNA Choice Fund Experience Study, examining enrollees in the Cigna Choice Fund’s consumer directed health plans (CDHPs). The study found ..."
Topics : Health Care Reform, Quality , Spending
Categories : Employer and Individual Insurance
Healthcare Spending Index for Private Insurance
"On November 11, Thomson Reuters released the Thomson Reuters Healthcare Spending Index for Private Insurance (HSI-PI), finding that the cost of self-insured health care plans increased 6.3 percent i ..."
Topics : Employer-Sponsored Coverage, Individual Coverage, Spending
Categories : Employer and Individual Insurance
Health benefit cost growth accelerates to 6.9% in 2010
"On November 17, Mercer LLC. released a survey, finding that average per employee health benefit costs rose 6.9 percent in 2010, to $9,562. The findings demonstrate a continued rise in health c ..."
Topics : Employer-Sponsored Coverage, Out-of-Pocket , Spending
Categories : Employer and Individual Insurance
State Data on Health Coverage Enrollment and Premium Review Grant Applications
"The Kaiser Family Foundation released three sets of state data on health coverage enrollment trends and states’ applications for health insurance premium review grants. The first set exa ..."
Topics : Access/Barriers, Children & Adolescents, CHIP, Medicaid, Spending, State Data
Categories : Special Populations, State and Local, Medicaid, Employer and Individual Insurance
Employer Health Benefits 2010 Annual Survey
"In conjunction with the Health Research & Educational Trust (HRET), KFF released the 2010 Employer Health Benefits Survey, finding that employers are increasingly shifting health costs to their ..."
Topics : Employer-Sponsored Coverage, Individual Coverage, Spending
Categories : Employer and Individual Insurance
National Costs Of The Medical Liability System
"In light of arguments that reforming the medical liability system could slow health spending growth, a Health Affairs study examines the medical liability system to determine the cost of medical lia ..."
Topics : Spending
Categories : Employer and Individual Insurance
|
|
