UPMC, Highmark reach new 10-year deal, just before consent decree expires
Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced Monday that UPMC and Highmark have a new contract that gives Highmark insurance customers in-network access to UPMC doctors and hospitals for the coming decade. Learn more.
Highmark Update: Highmark and UPMC Agree to 10-year Contract
Today, the Pennsylvania Attorney General announced that he has brokered a relationship between Highmark and UPMC. The organizations agreed to a 10-year contract offering full in-network access to Highmark members in certain health products that include UPMC in Pittsburgh and Erie. Learn more.
UPMC - Highmark Contract
Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced yesterday that UPMC and Highmark have agreed to a long-term contract which will allow Highmark members continued in-network access to all UPMC physicians and facilities in western Pennsylvania. Learn more.
Capital BlueCross Dominion National Data Security Incident
We are writing to let you know that Dominion National will be announcing today that it has experienced a data security incident. Learn more.
UPMC Health Plan July 2019 Your Choice formulary updates
The Your Choice formulary changes for July 1, 2019 are now available. Please view the attached chart for more detailed information. Learn more.
UnitedHealth Agrees to Buy Payments Firm Equian for $3.2 Billion
UnitedHealth Group Inc. has agreed to buy health-care payments firm Equian LLC from its private-equity owner for about $3.2 billion, according to people familiar with the matter. Learn more.
GHP Special Bulletin
Geisinger today announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Jaewon Ryu, M.D., J.D., as president and chief executive officer. Learn more.
Supreme Court to consider $12 billion lawsuit over Obamacare payments to health insurance companies
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear an appeal from health insurance companies who say the federal government owes them $12 billion from losses sustained under the Affordable Care Act. Learn more.
Final Rule On Health Reimbursement Arrangements Could Shake Up Markets
On June 13, 2019, the Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and Treasury issued a new final rule to expand the use of health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs) by employers to fund premiums for their employees in the individual health insurance market. Learn more.
Employer's got a brand new bag. New rule allows HRAs to buy individual coverage.
On June 13, the U.S. departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), Labor (DOL) and the Treasury (IRS) issued a final rule allowing employers of all sizes to offer two new kinds of health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs), Individual Coverage HRAs and Excepted-Benefit HRAs. Learn more.
Repeal of ACA would leave 20M more uninsured
The Affordable Care Act is currently facing one of its biggest––if not the biggest––challenge to date after a federal judge declared the healthcare law unconstitutional. Learn more.
A New Trump Order May Make More Health Care Prices Public
The White House released an executive order Monday afternoon intended to require insurance companies, doctors and hospitals to give patients more information about precisely what their care will cost before they get it. Learn more.
UPMC, Highmark Leaders Praise 10-Year Pact
It’s been a decade marked by bad blood and finger-pointing but suddenly the two health giants have made peace, heralding the good news of a this 11th hour agreement to provide healthcare access across the board. Learn more.
UPMC & Highmark Clarify What New Agreement Means For Consumers
In the celebratory zeal of the moment announcing the 10-year agreement between UPMC and Highmark Attorney General Josh Shapiro said, “All UPMC hospitals and practitioners are now an option for Highmark’s ensured.” Learn more.
PCORI Fees Due by July 31, 2019
Health care reform created a new nonprofit corporation, the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), to support clinical effectiveness research. Learn more.
URL's 2020 President's Club
Check your rank! Starting April 1st you can check your first quarter rankings to see if you’re on track to join us at Hotel Bennett in charming and historic Charleston, SC. Check your rank.
7/17 CPAHU Sales Summit at The Hollywood Casino
Presentation by Andy Neary "What's Your Story?", Financial Wellness CE Presented by MetLife, Presentation by Gina Dano "Dynamic Meeting Preparation". Learn more.
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