healthpayerintelligence : declared in Care Coordination is Tops for Health Insurance Satisfaction

The following health insurance plans ranked highest in at least one region: Highmark BlueCross BlueShield of Delaware; BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee; AvMed; Wellmark BlueCross BlueShield of Iowa; Health Alliance Medical Plans; BlueCross BlueShield of Massachusetts; Health Alliance Plan of Michigan; Unity Health Plans; SelectHealth; Horizon BlueCross BlueShield; Capital District Physicians Health Plan; BlueCross BlueShield of Vermont; Medical Mutual of Ohio; UPMC Health Plan; BlueCross BlueShield of Arizona; and Humana. While health plan members prioritized care coordination, only 25 percent of survey respondents said their insurance companies met their standards - or even offered the service. The study found that overall health plan satisfaction rated highest in five regions: Maryland, East South Central, California, Michigan, and Ohio. May 31, 2017 - Coordination of care among healthcare providers is the single most important criteria influencing member satisfaction with their health insurance plan, according to the J.D. Power 2017 Member Health Plan study.

New Rules May Make Online Health Insurance Sales Simpler

Signing up for coverage on the health insurance marketplace should be easier for some people this fall because new federal rules will allow brokers and insurers to handle the entire enrollment process online, from soup to nuts. In theory, they then could return to the insurer or web broker to complete the enrollment process. "Facilitating the participation of brokers and getting web brokers involved is a good thing for the market," says Timothy Jost, an emeritus professor of health care law at Washington and Lee University School of Law in Virginia. On a broker's website, "consumers won't necessarily have the full range of options," says Elizabeth Hagan, associate director of coverage initiatives at Families USA, a consumer advocacy group. It also suggests that brokers not run ads or information about other insurance products in the marketplace plan selection area.


One critic of AHCA, however, may seem a bit curious: private health insurance providers. "Medicaid health plans have demonstrated a track record of improving health care for Medicaid beneficiaries while ensuring that the federal government and state Medicaid programs receive the highest value for the dollars they spend on health care," the report concludes. How do public health care programs benefit private insurers? It can seem odd that health insurance companies would be so down on a bill that radically deregulates the market and allows them to charge more for weaker health plans. But beyond Kimmel and the public, politicians will also be graded by power brokers in the for-profit health care industry, whose priorities will be quite different.


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