In the post yesterday concerning the Iowa Medicaid waiver, a commenter asked what the state meant by a “capitated commercial dental plan carve-out”. This is a common arrangement for Medicaid, Medicare or most private health insurance companies and plans. There are four chunks of information in that phrase. The first is capitated which means a fixed fee per …
Anderson On Health Insurance
Good News Everybody
Most of Iowa’s Medicaid expansion waiver has been approved according to the Washington Post: the Department of Health and Human Services has just notified Iowa that it is prepared to grant the state a waiver to pursue much of what it has asked for in response to its request for HHS approval to expand Medicaid-funded coverage to …
10% 834 Errors
Okay, I’m back from visiting the parental units and enjoying yet another show of how the Granddaughter Rules play out. My dad was always involved with us, but his involvement usually stopped at baths, balls, books, banks and trips to the airport. That was where the combination of his knowledge base and societal expectations of …
The Insurance Triple Slash
Baseball analysts who can actually add value to most discussions of prospective value strongly discount the Triple Crown triple slash numbers of batting average, home runs and RBIs. They also discount the pitcher slash of wins, ERA and strike-outs. Both sets of numbers are traditional short hands to indicate quality play but better data and …
Good news, too many ads
I was at physical therapy this morning.   As I did my stretches and balancing exercises for my ankle, the local generic “alt” rock radio station was being piped through the speakers and Good Morning America was on the wall television. On the rock station, I heard a Healthcare.gov “I got covered” ad, an ad from my company advertising …
The Family trap
BatFFP has a good question and the short answer is that she’s screwed: Long story sorta short: I get super-cheap insurance through my job. Itâs well under the 9.5% of my income that would make me eligible to get subsidized insurance on the exchange… work also gives me the option to buy it for the …
Good news everybody
1 million visits to http://t.co/vQ74UBBs7F yesterday. Site stable, faster for users. â HealthCare.gov (@HealthCareGov) December 3, 2013 Seems like the site is able to take large scale loads. The Monday after Thanksgiving is traditionally the highest volume day for Medicare Open Enrollment as mom and dad had a chance to talk to their kids …