Health Plan Strategies for the Individual Market

Health Plan Strategies for the Individual Market

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Price: $84
Pages: 54
PDF version: 318 KB
ISBN: 1-933801-67-0
© 2009
Pub Code: BHPIM

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Health Plan Strategies for the Individual Market contains valuable insight on the benefit design innovations, marketing tactics and legal challenges being faced by leading health plans in the individual (non-group) commercial health plan market.

For the average health plan participating in the commercial individual market, this business represents a growing percentage of its total medical enrollment — recent data show that 25.5 million Americans are enrolled in individual plans.

This report features recent enrollment data on individual/non-group plans, exclusive insight from executives at Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans, Aetna, CIGNA and others on balancing premiums against rising medical costs, and detailed analysis of coverage rescission issues.

Boost your own market share and bottom line by staying on top of the products and activities of industy leaders. Order Health Plan Strategies for the Individual Market today!

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Marketing and Growth Strategies

Blues Plans Say COBRA Subsidies Drive Up Customer Interest in Individual Products
Blues Plans Launch Individual Products as Market Segment Shows Continued Growth
2009 Product Outlook: Blues Add Individual Products, Brace for Employer Group Losses
Blues Plans Introduce Individual Products
Blues Build on Individual, Small-Group Lines in Effort to Retain, Add Members in 2008
COBRA Subsidy Gives Health Insurers New Opportunity to Promote Individual Products
Individual Market Is Emerging as Key Product Line for Health Plans
Health Plans Set Sights on Individual Market As More Employees Lose Jobs, Benefits
Blues Broker Service Improvements Make Quotes Process More Efficient

Financial Impact and Profitability

Financial Crisis Could Bring Losses Across the Board
BCBSMI Takes Several Cost-Cutting Steps to Offset Losses in Individual Market
Horizon Cites IT Needs in Push To Switch to For-Profit Status, New Focus on Individual Market
WellPoint Posts Membership Losses in Individual and Small Group Segment
25.5 Million Are Now Enrolled in Individual Plans, AIS Data Show
Health Plans by Individual (Non-Group) Commercial Enrollment, as of 2008

Rate-Setting and Product Design Innovations

Blues Plans Raise Individual Rates to Help Cut Losses for ’09
North Dakota Blues Plan Appeals Commissioner’s Rate-Hike Denial
Michigan Blues Plan Requests Rate Increases as High as 55% for 2009
Alternate Package Planned on Bills Governing Mich. Blues Plan
Expired Legislation to Benefit Mich. Blues May Be Reintroduced
Blues Cope With New State Laws Focused on Private-Market Efforts to Expand Coverage
Calif. Blues Plans’ Guarantee-Issue Rate Setting Is Under Scrutiny
Insiders Offer Ideas for Aiding State High-Risk Coverage Pools
New York Boasts Highest Monthly Premiums for Individual Coverage

Coverage Recission Issues

Blues Plans in Calif. Go Under Fire for Coverage Rescission Policies
Blue Shield of California Accused Of Illegally Dropping Coverage
Blue Cross of California Fined $1 Million for Canceled Policies
BSC Gets Fined $12.6 Million, Appeals Court Rescission Ruling
Calif. Blue Cross Says It No Longer Will Ask Doctors to Review Individual Applications
California Rescission Updates: April 2008 Through January 2009
Anthem Blue Cross of Calif. to Pay Up to $15 Million for Rescissions
Judge Disagrees With BCBSMI Rate Calculation
Aetna Adds External Review Feature on Rescissions

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