Category: Insurance

State’s uninsured rate falls

by Sean Kirkby | Sep 19, 2023 | Insurance, Public Health, Top Stories | 0 |

Wisconsin’s uninsured rate fell to 5.2 percent last year, down 0.2 percentage points from 2021, according to recent estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau. The decline is within the study's margin of error.

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Accuray opens training facility after moving headquarters to Madison

by Sean Kirkby | Sep 19, 2023 | Health Tech, Hospitals, Insurance, Top Stories | 0 |

Accuray, a company that offers radiotherapy cancer treatments, said Monday it’s opened a training facility in Madison, after recently moving its headquarters to the city.

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Molina closes on My Choice Wisconsin acquisition

by Sean Kirkby | Sep 6, 2023 | Insurance, Medicaid/Medicare, Top Stories | 0 |

Molina Healthcare’s acquisition of My Choice Wisconsin, a Medicaid managed care organization, closed Friday, according to a Tuesday statement.

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Individual health plan rates set to rise next year

by Sean Kirkby | Aug 31, 2023 | Insurance, Top Stories | 0 |

Insurers offering individual plans in Wisconsin next year are pursuing average rate increases that range from 1 percent to 15.8 percent, according to the federal rate review website.

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Minnesota’s attorney general investigates Allina Health

by Sean Kirkby | Aug 22, 2023 | Health Systems, Hospitals, Insurance, Public Health, Top Stories | 0 |

Minnesota’s attorney general is investigating the billing practices of a Minneapolis-based health system with locations in western Wisconsin.

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Report: Short-term health plans may attract more enrollees as Medicaid renewals return

by Sean Kirkby | Aug 21, 2023 | ACA, Insurance, Medicaid/Medicare, Mental Health, Prescription Drugs, Public Health, Top Stories | 0 |

Short-term health plans, which aim to serve as a bridge for consumers between different sources of health coverage and aren't subject to Affordable Care Act protections, may divert some from more comprehensive coverage with the return of Medicaid renewals, according to a report released by the Office of the Commissioner of Insurance last week.

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Board hikes state employee health plan rates for next year

by Sean Kirkby | Aug 17, 2023 | Insurance, Top Stories | 0 |

The Group Insurance Board voted Wednesday to increase the overall health insurance premium for state employees next year by 11.8 percent.

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Panel weighs in on workforce challenges, state budget

by Sean Kirkby | Aug 11, 2023 | Abortion, Behavioral Health, Education, Elections, Hospitals, Infrastructure, Insurance, Jobs, Legislature, Medicaid/Medicare, On The Record, Top Stories | 0 |

The 2023-25 state budget includes a slew of healthcare and long-term care investments, but lawmakers left out key planks of Gov. Tony Evers' original proposal.

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UnitedHealthcare to reenter ACA market in Wisconsin

by Sean Kirkby | Aug 9, 2023 | ACA, Insurance, Medicaid/Medicare, Top Stories | 0 |

UnitedHealthcare will be back on the Affordable Care Act exchange in Wisconsin next year, the first time it’s offered individual plans in the state since 2016.

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Department of Labor sues UMR

by Sean Kirkby | Aug 8, 2023 | ACA, Insurance, Jobs, Top Stories | 0 |

The U.S. Department of Labor is suing Wausau-based UMR, the nation’s third largest third-party medical claims administrator, for improperly denying emergency room and urinary drug screening claims, according to a statement released last week.

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Workers’ comp. rates fall again

by Sean Kirkby | Aug 7, 2023 | Insurance, Top Stories, Workforce | 0 |

Wisconsin employers will pay 8.4 percent less in workers’ compensation insurance rates come Oct. 1, the eighth year in a row that premiums have declined, the Department of Workforce Development said last week.

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Network Health Plan CEO talks social determinants of health, Medicaid redeterminations

by Sean Kirkby | Aug 4, 2023 | Insurance, Medicaid/Medicare, On The Record, Top Stories | 0 |

New requirements are the “tip of the iceberg” when it comes to the future of screening for the social determinants of health, the environmental factors that play a major role in people’s health, according to Network Health Plan CEO Coreen Dicus-Johnson.

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