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Horizon talks Omnia
NJBIZ Exclusive: Horizon offers more details about how hospitals earned OMNIA Tier 1 status Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, in an effort to counter critics of its controversial OMNIA Health Alliance, offered its most detailed explanation of how hospital systems and physician groups earned their coveted Tier 1 status in the program. […]
Horizon explains Omnia
Horizon won’t drop controversial insurance NEWARK – Some lawmakers might not like Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey’s new health care plan. That’s not going to stop the state’s biggest insurer from offering it. Read more here.
Horizon in NJ Spotlight
Explainer: What You Should Know About Health Insurer Networks, Tiered Coverage Andrew Kitchenman | October 20, 2015 Horizon’s new OMNIA insurance plan spurs healthcare policy debates and legislative action When choosing a surgeon, hospital or clinical laboratory, it’s important to know whether the provider or facility is in the patient’s health insurance network. Those networks […]
Horizon on WBGO
HORIZON BCBSNJ AND THE OMNIA HEALTH ALLIANCE Doug Doyle talks with Dr. Minal Patel of Horizon BCBSNJ about what can be done to control rising healthcare costs in New Jersey. LISTEN NOW WEB EXTRA: FULL INTERVIEW WITH DR. MINAL PATEL OF HORIZON BCBSNJ Hear the full interview about Horizon BCBSNJ and the Omnia Health Alliance. […]
Record looks at Omnia
A heated battle in N.J. over Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield’s plan to cut health costs Everyone wants to pay less for health care. So what could be wrong with lower-premium insurance plans in which consumers also have lower out-of-pocket costs if they use certain doctors and hospitals? Read more here.
101.5 Talks Omnia
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
Horizon answers questions
Legislators Hold Hearing on Horizon Omnia Health Alliance The questioning went on for hours. The Senate Commerce and Health Committees dissected Horizon’s new tiered health insurance plan, called Omnia, during a joint hearing at the State House today. Read more here.
Horizon to explain Omnia
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 works to lower costs
Lost in the Outcry Over OMNIA: Tiered Insurance Plans Should Mean Savings Critics want to know how Horizon designed its new plan; company says it will reveal more next week. Read more here.
Horizon’s website launched
Horizon website offers details on OMNIA alliance Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield launched a new website to help explain its new, embattled OMNIA Health Alliance in advance of a state legislative hearing next week. Read more here.
Marino explains Omnia
Horizon BCBSNJ Looks to Smooth Bumpy OMNIA Rollout John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media , September 28, 2015 The CEO of Horizon BlueCross Blue Shield of New Jersey defends its value-based care collaborative, which has been criticized by the Medical Society of New Jersey. Read more here.
Horizon's bold move
The not-so-healthy debate involving OMNIA The iPhone has become a ubiquitous part of almost everyone’s life, so much so that it’s hard to imagine a time when almost every technology and communications expert was certain it was going to fail. But when the phone was unveiled in 2007, it was met with a storm of […]
Horizon counters Hudson claims
Insurer Seeks to Extinguish Firestorm Over Proposed Tiered Health Coverage Hudson County leaders fear hospitals in Horizon’s second tier may be forced out of business, call for delaying launch of new plan Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey executives are aiming to head off the growing backlash against one of the insurer’s largest […]
Marino discusses Omnia
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 launches Omnia
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.
Horizon on costs
Plan to Prevent Unexpected Medical Bills Stalls, But Backers Still Hopeful By Andrew Kitchenman Lawmakers want info on impact on small urban hospitals and state budget, while head of state’s biggest insurer says issue must be high priority. Read more here.
AARP weighs in on Out-of-Network Issue
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 battles egregious costs
IT’S TIME TO END PRICE GOUGING BY SOME OUT-OF-NETWORK DOCTORS AND HOSPITALS. Pending legislation can help solve the problem. When insured New Jersey residents receive ER care from an out-of-network facility — or even unintended care from an out-of-network physician at an in-network facility — current regulations essentially require that their insurance company pay whatever […]
Horizon on egregious health care costs
Horizon CEO: Abuse of Out of Network Costs Driving NJ Health Care Costs Up New Jersey is the fourth most expensive state for family health coverage. According to the Commonwealth Fund, from 2010 to 2013 family premiums here increased by 7.4 percent every year and the national average was under 5 percent. The hospital with […]
Horizon managing health costs
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.
Horizon talks costs
Study commissioned by Horizon says changes in out-of-network rules would cut N.J. residents’ insurance costs As Trenton tackles the issue of high medical bills that can result when patients get care outside their insurance company network, the state’s largest health insurer on Wednesday released a study that concludes New Jerseyans could see lower monthly premiums […]
Horizon CEO on NJ regulations
Rising health care costs in New Jersey continue to be one of the state’s most pressing challenges. A recent analysis from Commonwealth Fund found that New Jersey is the fourth most expensive state for family health coverage. In fact, from 2010-2013 in New Jersey, family premiums increased by 7.4 percent per year. The national average […]
Horizon in NJ Biz
Jersey City hospital on verge of exiting Horizon BCBSNJ network New Jersey’s largest health insurer, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, announced Tuesday that Christ Hospital in Jersey City, owned by the for-profit CarePoint Health, has terminated its relationship with Horizon and will exit the insurer’s network June 1. Read more here.