article thumbnail

As large employers back away from self-insurance, small- and medium-sized ones embrace it: EBRI

Fierce Healthcare

As large employers take a step back from self-insurance, small- and medium-sized employers are taking a step forward in embracing that coverage option, according to an issue brief by the Employee B | The share of large employers offering self-insurance options to employees steadily declined since the passage of the Affordable Care Act, with it dropping (..)

Insurance 110
article thumbnail

Lactation coverage advocates say ACA mandate is still not enforced

Fierce Healthcare

When the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was passed in 2010, the legislation set forth requirements for insurers to cover lactation services for mothers, a stark contrast from expecting families to pay o | The Affordable Care Act says insurance companies must front the cost for lactation care.

Insurance 110
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Opinion: Eliminate the waiting period for sterilization covered by Medicaid

STAT

But there’s no waiting period for people covered by private insurance. From 1919 to 1952, more than 20,000 nonconsensual sterilizations took place in that state; the law was not repealed until 1979 in state hospitals and, frighteningly, was still in effect in state prisons until 2010. Read the rest…

Insurance 111
article thumbnail

STAT+: Former medical device CEO who sold dummy, plastic parts convicted of fraud

STAT

Laura Perryman led Stimwave, which sold nerve stimulation devices to combat pain, from 2010 to 2019. The maximum jail sentence for each count is 20 years.

Insurance 119
article thumbnail

STAT+: SEC charges former CEO of pain relief device company with $41 million fraud

STAT

  Laura Perryman led Stimwave, which sold nerve stimulation devices to combat pain, from 2010 to 2019, when the fraud came to light. The Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday charged the former CEO of Stimwave, a company that sold devices containing dummy pieces of plastic, with defrauding investors out of $41 million. 

Insurance 115
article thumbnail

Opinion: A roadmap for making over-the-counter birth control affordable

STAT

I had the honor of serving on the team in the Obama White House that tackled the challenge of making health insurance affordable to all under the Affordable Care Act. When President Obama signed the ACA into law on March 23, 2010, reproductive health took a giant step forward with its commonsense yet revolutionary approach.

article thumbnail

Recent court ruling may affect colorectal cancer and HIV epidemiology in the US

Pharmaceutical Technology

On 30 March 2023, a US District Court judge issued a final judgment ruling that struck down a portion of the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA’s) requirement for most private insurance plans to cover many preventive services. Without assistance, PrEP can cost thousands of dollars per year.