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- California Report Raises Issues About Insurance Exchanges
- While the debate over the public plan option continues, little attention has been paid to the health insurance exchanges that are part of the leading proposals now before Congress. Judging by the conclusions of a recent report from the California Healthcare Foundation, that might be a serious error of omission....
- Blog posts 2009-07-23
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- FEHBP Fee-for-Service Payment Rates for Home Oxygen Are Virtually Same as Medicare Rates, Study Shows
- ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 13 /U.S. Newswire/ -- A comprehensive study of home oxygen pricing found virtually no difference between Federal Employees Health Benefits Program FEHBP fee- for-service plans and Medicare. ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 13 /U.S. Newswire/ -- A comprehensive study of home oxygen pricing found virtually no difference between Federal...
- Research articles 2004-09-13
- Two new sites expand FEHBP military retiree demo.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-29 May 2000-DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE: Two new sites expand FEHBP military retiree demo C1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:25052000 In a move to expand alternative health care options to over-65 military retirees, the Department of Defense announced today that it ...
- Research articles 2000-05-29
- Is this Rx for FEHBP too strong for the private sector? - Federal Employee Health Benefit Program, health coverage contribution cap
- Senate Republicans have proposed a change in benefits for federal employees that Congress has thus far feared to impose on the private sector--a cap on the contribution to health coverage. The latest Senate Budget Plan would limit the government share of premiums to a range of $1,300 to $1,500 for...
- Research articles 1995-06-01
- Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: Competition and Other Factors Linked to Wide Variation in Health Care Prices
- This report examines prices and spending in FEHBP Preferred Provider Organizations PPOs to determine the extent to which hospital and physician prices varied geographically, which factors were associated with geographic variation in hospital and physician prices, and the extent to which hospital and physician price variation contributed to geographic variation...
- White papers 2005-08-01
- Heritage Foundation has Medicare reform plan.
- Heritage Foundation VP Stuart Butler suggested that the government reform its Medicare program to make elderly health insurance benefits similar to those offered under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program FEHBP. Butler said that the plan would Heritage Foundation VP Stuart Butler suggested that the government reform its Medicare program...
- Research articles 1995-07-17
- Senator would expand federal health plan - William Roth - Washington Report
- Republican Senator William Roth of Delaware, the ranking minority member of the Senate Government Affairs Committee, thinks he may have a partial cure for the ills of small businesses without health insurance: Let them join the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program FEHBP). While Roth has yet to introduce a bill...
- Research articles 1992-06-01
- Subsidies to Employee Health Insurance Premiums and the Health Insurance Market
- This paper studies an exogenous price change, through tax subsidization of the employee share of premiums for federal workers in the Federal Employee Health Benefit Program FEHBP. One approach to covering the uninsured that is frequently advocated by policy makers is subsidizing the employee portion of employer-provided health insurance premiums....
- White papers 2003-03-01
- Federal Policy Options to Support a System of Employment-Based Health Insurance
- The majority of Americans obtain their health insurance through an employment-based system, with decision-making about the purchase and delivery of health care shared among the consumer, the health care provider and the employer-sponsored plan. This paper explores the barriers of the individual health insurance market and concludes that it does...
- White papers 2004-04-12
- Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: Early Experience With a Consumer-Directed Health Plan
- Since 2003, the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program FEHBP has offered "Consumer-Directed" Health Plans CDHP to federal employees. A CDHP is a high-deductible health plan coupled with a savings account enrollees use to pay for health care. Unused balances may accumulate for future use, providing enrollees the incentive to purchase...
- White papers 2005-11-01
- Federal Employees Health Benefits Program
- Differences in utilization of health care services across the country have been well documented, but less has been reported on geographic variation in price. As health care spending is the product of utilization and price, information on health care prices and factors contributing to price differences provides an additional perspective...
- White papers 2006-02-01
- 2006 Federal Employees Health Benefits Program Extends Aetna HSA and HRA Options to Federal Workers in 91 U.S. Markets; Both Offered at Lower Premium Rates in 2006
- HARTFORD, Conn. -- Aetna (NYSE:AET) announced today that the U.S. Office of Personnel Management OPM has agreed to expand the availability of two Aetna HealthFundR consumer-directed medical plan options into 46 new markets. The expansion makes the plans available to over 5.6 million eligible members of the Federal Employees Health...
- Research articles 2005-09-19
- Federal Employees' Health Benefits: Effects of Using Pharmacy Benefit Managers on Health Plans, Enrollees, and Pharmacies.
- GAO-03-196 January 10, 2003 Rising prescription drug costs have contributed to rising employer health plans premiums in recent years. Most federal employees, retirees, and their dependents participating in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program FEHBP, administered by the Office of Personnel Management OPM, are enrolled in plans that...
- Research articles 2003-02-01
- New locations expand FEHBP retiree demo
- In a move to expand alternative health care options to military retirees over age 65, the Defense Department recently announced that it has expanded the Federal Employee Health Benefit Program demonstration project to include two new over-65 military retiree demonstration sites. These additional sites are in the surrounding ZIP code...
- Research articles 2000-07-01
- Military Retiree Health Benefits: Enrollment Low in Federal Employee Health Plans under DOD Demonstration.
- GAO-03-547 June 6, 2003 Prior to 2001, military retirees who turned age 65 and became eligible for Medicare lost most of their Department of Defense DOD health benefits. The DOD-Federal Employees Health Benefits Program FEHBP demonstration was one of several demonstrations established to examine alternatives for addressing retirees'...
- Research articles 2003-07-01
- Coventry Health Care Announces Senior Management Addition
- BETHESDA, Md. -- Coventry Health Care, Inc. (NYSE:CVH) today announced the hiring of John Langenus as President, National Accounts for First Health Group Corp. and Senior Vice President of Coventry. In his capacity, Mr. Langenus will oversee business operations for First Health's Corporate and Federal Employee Health Benefits Program FEHBP...
- Research articles 2005-04-18
- Study on federal employee hearing benefits advances.(American Speech-Language-Hearing Association)
- Congress is moving toward broader coverage of hearing services and devices for federal employees and their families under the Federal Employee Health Benefit Plan FEHPB. Congressional leaders requested that the Office of Personnel Management OPM conduct a comprehensive study of hearing benefits to form the basis...
- Research articles 2005-02-08
- -THE WHITE HOUSE: Statement by the President.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-27 October 1998-THE WHITE HOUSE: Office of the Press Secretary -- Statement by the President C1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:231098 The Federal Employees Health Care Protection Act of 1998, H.R. 1836, that I have signed into law makes several critical improvements...
- Research articles 1998-10-27
- THE WHITE HOUSE: VP Gore announces new efforts to make health care system more responsive to families
- M2 PRESSWIRE-25 June 1998-THE WHITE HOUSE: Office of the Vice President -- Vice President Gore announces new efforts to make the health care system more responsive to families C1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:230698 -- Tipper Gore announces new public/private network to support children of...
- Research articles 1998-06-25
- U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE: Military retirees' federal employees health benefits program test sites.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-15 January 1999-U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE: Military retirees' federal employees health benefits program test sites selected C1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:140199 The Department of Defense announced today the selection of eight sites for a Congressionally enacted test of the Federal...
- Research articles 1999-01-15
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