U.S. health insurers have had to post explanations of 186 individual health insurance rate increases on the Web since new federal rate review rules took effect Sept. 1, 2011.

The National Association of Health Underwriters (NAHU) has put out a commentary summarizing what it knows about the new Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan (CO-OP) program.

The Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight (CCIIO) has issued a bulletin that could affect the ability of personal health account programs to continue to operate after Jan. 1, 2014.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services could see big changes in private health insurance programs spending in the next fiscal year.

Whatever states do about health insurance prices for older and younger adults, one thing remains certain: it will be unlikely to please everyone.

Commercial carriers share of the longer-term care (LTC) and skilled nursing tab was up from 8.9% in 2009 and up from 8.8% in 2000.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has tried to boil the new tax Form W-2 health benefits cost reporting requirements down into terms that mortals without advanced accounting credentials can understand.

Health plans may have to comply with new electronic funds transfer (EFT) and remittance advice standards by Jan. 1, 2014.