Catholic hospital CEO and Horizon doctor debate Horizon health insurance (Listen) By Bill Spadea You’d think everyone would be happy about paying lower insurance premiums, but Horizon’s plan to tier hospitals to reduce health care costs has many customers and politicians agitated. Read More: Health care professionals talk Horizon’s Tier 1 hospitals
CHANGES ON THE HORIZON Lawmakers today will demand that executives from New Jersey’s largest health insurance company explain how their dramatic venture to reduce rates next … Read more here.
Horizon N.J.’s new insurance plan: What we know so far By Susan K. Livio TRENTON — Lawmakers Monday will demand executives from New Jersey’s largest health insurance company to explain how their dramatic venture to reduce premiums by 15 percent next year will affect the rest of healthcare insurance landscape in the state. Horizon Blue […]
Horizon’s Marino discusses others’ fears about new OMNIA alliance When Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield, the state’s largest health insurer, unveiled the new OMNIA Health Alliance, and a new health plan to be rolled out in October, there was an outpouring of concerns and questions. Read more here.
Horizon to announce ‘innovative’ partnership with major health care players Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey will announce today a new program geared toward decreasing out-of-pocket costs for its members, and holding health care providers accountable for quality care. Read more here.
N.J. legislators must protect consumers from out-of-network costs Health insurance increasingly relies on limiting subscribers to networks to control costs. Most consumers, of course, make great efforts to use only doctors and hospitals that are in network; insurance companies make clear that in-network services will cost much less in out-of-pocket costs than out-of-network services – […]
Horizon calls for payment caps New Jersey’s largest health insurer says that its customers would see significant savings on their monthly premiums if state lawmakers reined in high out-of-network prices charged by some hospitals and doctors for emergency care. Read more here.