Archive for the ‘indiana health insurance’ Category
Posted on: May 3rd, 2011 by JPAL
The top ten health insurance companies in Indiana, ranked by market share are listed below. The market share is provided by the National Association of Insurance (NAIC). These rankings do not in any way measure customer satisfaction, claims handling, or other quality measures. Largest Indiana Health Insurance Companies Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield United HealthCare [...]
Posted on: February 25th, 2011 by ymedina
You may be surprised to hear that elective surgery in the United States varies greatly based on where you live, and which doctors they are seeing according to the article “When it Comes to Elective Surgery, Where You Live Matters” on Kaiser Health News. A recent study from Reuters finds a large regional variation in [...]
Posted on: February 8th, 2010 by JPAL
For many American families, COBRA coverage is still too expensive even with the current COBRA subsidy which is temporarily in place. The COBRA subsidy program pays 65% of the monthly premiums for up to 15 months, but still can require a substantial monthly expense, as the average family of four still pays on average $389 [...]
Posted on: December 3rd, 2009 by BlogAdmin
The state sponsored program Healthy Indiana Plan (HIP) is currently providing health insurance to more than 46,000 low income Indiana residents. It has been recently been announced that 5,000 enrollment slots have been opened up to childless adults due to attrition among members of the program. To be eligible for the program applicants: can’t earn [...]
Posted on: August 6th, 2009 by JPAL
Despite the fiscal crisis being experienced nationwide, 14 states found money this year to increase health insurance coverage for an additional 250,000 children nationwide. The states took advantage of $33 Million that was appropriated by Congress when it reauthorized the Children’s health insurance program (CHIP) back in February. the 14 states that are expanding their [...]
Posted on: July 13th, 2009 by JPAL
Many states have state sponsored health insurance plans that are designed for “the working uninsured”. Generally the monthly premiums of these plans are subsidized by the state and in order to qualify, applicants must have household income levels that don’t exceed 200% of federal poverty level, and being a resident of the state. Each state [...]
Posted on: March 16th, 2009 by ymedina
Since the Healthy Indiana government-subsidized health care program was opened to adults without children in January 2008, it has given thousands greater access to Indiana health insurance. According to the Courier-Journal‘s Leslie Stedman Weidenbener, the plan has been so successful that many people are on a waiting list to enroll (due to limited program funds). [...]
Posted on: November 24th, 2008 by JPAL
A recent research report has shown that the number of uninsured children in Indiana has decreased from 162,000 to 131,000. In addition, the number of uninsured could go down even lower as of the 8% of Indiana children that go without health insurance coverage, about 48% are eligible for Hoosier Healthwise, Indiana’s state sponsored health [...]
Posted on: November 13th, 2008 by JPAL
2008 was the fourth year that US News and World Report, released their annual ranking of commercial health insurance plans. The results are in, and the following list is how US News and World Report ranks the top Indiana health insurance plans. CIGNA Healthcare of Ohio – was the top rated health plan in Indiana, [...]
Posted on: October 20th, 2008 by JPAL
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield of Indiana (a subsidiary of Wellpoint) announced an incentive program for physicians in their network which could increase their reimbursements by 10% if they follow recommended care guidelines. Bonuses that physicians would be eligible for would be based their relative ranking when comparing the health status of their patients to [...]