by - December 19, 2016 12:00 am
President-elect Donald Trump has implied he might aim to modify the existing healthcare law over repeal, but as the civics lesson of 2016 has taught us, rhetoric and policy are not necessarily one in the same.
by - November 7, 2016 12:00 am
Individuals who live past age 65 have a 70% chance of eventually needing long-term care, but less than one-third over 50 have addressed the issue, government data show.
by - November 7, 2016 12:00 am
The executive director of the Arkansas Health Insurance Marketplace says the Small Business Health Options Program help employers provide accessible health coverage to its employees.
by - October 11, 2016 5:03 pm
Employer sponsored health care plans will cost about 6.5% more next year, with health care expenditures reaching a point of equilibrium after several years of nearly double-digit growth, according to…
by - August 24, 2016 6:19 pm
State and public school employees will make bigger contributions for their health insurance in 2017, but the big increases are coming in later years, legislators were told Wednesday. At a…
by - August 19, 2016 5:14 pm
The Arkansas Insurance Department has required insurers to lower their original rate requests for individual plans, affecting individual buyers and those benefitting from the state’s private option. Eight days after…
by - May 24, 2016 5:09 pm
Four of the state’s five health insurance providers are requesting double digit rate increases for 2017 insurance policies, but the state’s insurance commissioner said those rates are not justified at…
by - May 23, 2016 12:00 am
The man who is guiding Regions Insurances employee benefits practice into a national brand does so from a Joyce Boulevard office building in Fayetteville.
by - December 18, 2015 10:21 am
The wife of a former University of Arkansas faculty member has endowed $240,000 in scholarship money in honor of three nursing students who provided medical care for her late husband, Joe Ziegler.
by - November 9, 2015 12:00 am
Each business has to evaluate its unique situation when it comes to health insurance. Here are a few things to consider.
by - November 9, 2015 12:00 am
The Small Business Health Options Program opened on-time and on-budget no small feat given the less positive experience of several states across the country.
by - November 9, 2015 12:00 am
For some companies, a rude awakening is merely two months away.
by - October 29, 2015 12:01 pm
The Partnership for a Healthy Arkansas will bring together five organizations to implement programs that improve health care quality and lower health care costs for patients and providers throughout Arkansas.
by - June 22, 2015 12:00 am
Data show that access to health insurance has been improved by the Affordable Care Act, but not that the law has had a long-term positive impact on reducing health care costs.
by - June 22, 2015 12:00 am
The Breast Center of Northwest Arkansas now offers second-generation digital mammography by Fujifilm.
by - March 2, 2015 12:00 am
In 2015, large employers will start being issued penalties for not offering employees affordable insurance coverage.
by - March 2, 2015 12:00 am
Where employee benefits and compensation previously occupied a bullet point in your annual business plan, it now requires its own compliance strategy.
by - November 10, 2014 12:00 am
The annual global financial loss from cybercrime, as estimated by renowned security technology firm McAfee, ranges from $375 billion to $575 billion, and the growth of the cyber liability insurance industry is not keeping up.
by - November 10, 2014 12:00 am
Northwest Arkansas is not immune to the global pandemic of cybercrime.
by - September 9, 2014 4:04 pm
There’s a major shift underway in how health insurance costs will be covered as corporations are transferring more of the burden toward employees. Higher deductibles, spousal surcharges and reduced availability…
