Recent headlines on the exploding cost of prescription drugs have not gone unnoticed by Washington D.C. lawmakers. The United States Senate Special Committee on Aging…
Study finds Wisconsin has high healthcare prices
A study released this month by the nonprofit Health Care Cost Institute found that Wisconsin has the second highest healthcare prices among the 41 states…
New Provider-Carrier Partnerships Expand Across Wisconsin
The first four months of 2016 have already seen three new partnerships announced between Wisconsin health systems and insurance companies. Looking down the road, it…
Is Retail Medicine Really a Smart Choice?
Smart Choice MRI and ThedaCare announced this month that the Appleton-based health system is investing $3 million in the Mequon-based stand-alone MRI provider. In the…
Drug Costs Continue To Rise
Although the rate at which overall health costs are rising is historically low, employers, experts, and politicians are expressing alarm at the rising cost of…
Focus on Specialty Drug Costs
The price of prescription drugs has been a well-known issue for decades. In recent months, however, the price of specialty drugs in particular has received…
National Uninsured Rate Falls Below 10%
Two national surveys show that the percentage of people without health insurance has dropped steadily since the Affordable Care Act’s public insurance exchanges launched in…
“Top Cancer Doctors 2015” Includes 31 in Wisconsin
The publisher of “America’s Top Doctors,” Castle Connolly Medical, Ltd. recently released its 2015 list of the top cancer doctors in the U.S. The list…
Aetna-Humana merger drives fee-based model
With Aetna poised to acquire Humana in 2016, industry observers have noted how industry consolidation generally and Aetna’s growing market share in particular will lead…
Local Carrier to Stop Paying Commission on New Business
Assurant Health, headquartered in Milwaukee, WI, will no longer be paying agent commission on individual health insurance policies sold in Florida, Nevada, Georgia, Indiana, Michigan,…