Originally published as Managed Care Week, the newsletter has been covering the gamut of health insurance and health policy news for more than twenty years.
Washington, DC (PRWEB) July 25, 2013
Atlantic Information Services’s (AIS) industry-leading newsletter Health Plan Week (HPW) recently reached a milestone with the publication of its 1000th issue on July 22, 2013. Since its inaugural issue on May 22, 1991, the newsletter has been covering the gamut of health insurance and health policy news for more than twenty years. As the major provisions of the Affordable Care Act go into effect, HPW will continue to chronicle the impact on health insurers, employers, providers and other stakeholders.
Of the time of HPW’s first issue, AIS publisher and founder Rick Biehl recalls, “We were in the midst of a national debate over health care reform. Managed care had revolutionized health care financing, and presidential hopeful Bill Clinton was campaigning on a proposal to overhaul the U.S. health care system. It was a great opportunity for a company with health business reporting expertise.”
The first issue examined then-experimental HMOs and PPOs, and also surveyed the prospect of a national health plan. A few weeks later, HPW covered Health Net, Inc.’s conversion to a publicly traded company, and noted that the median base salary for managed care organization CEOs was $170,000, plus annual incentive payments equal to 38% of salary. By contrast, UnitedHealth Group CEO Stephen Hemsley collected $13.9 million in total pay in 2012, according to the June 24 issue of HPW.
Visit http://aishealth.com/marketplace/health-plan-week to read the 1000th issue in its entirety, which includes articles on the impact of underground hacker markets on HHS data breach rules, five states’ CMS-approved initiatives to manage Medicare-Medicaid dual eligibles, Medicare Pioneer accountable care organizations and an interview with Bruce Henderson, head of integrated solutions at Aetna Inc.’s Accountable Care Solutions.
About Health Plan Week
Published since 1991, the 8-page weekly newsletter Health Plan Week provides timely, objective business, financial and regulatory news of the health insurance industry. Coverage includes new benefit designs and underwriting practices, new products and marketing strategies, mergers and alliances, financial performance and results, Medicare and Medicaid opportunities, disease management, and the flood of reform-driven regulatory initiatives including medical loss ratios, exchanges, ACOs and myriad benefit design changes that are mandated.
About Atlantic Information Services
Atlantic Information Services, Inc. (AIS) is a publishing and information company that has been serving the health care industry for more than 25 years. It develops highly targeted news, data and strategic information for managers in hospitals, health plans, medical group practices, pharmaceutical companies and other health care organizations. AIS products include print and electronic newsletters, websites, looseleafs, books, strategic reports, databases, webinars and conferences. Learn more at http://www.AISHealth.com. Reported by PRWeb 5 hours ago.
Washington, DC (PRWEB) July 25, 2013
Atlantic Information Services’s (AIS) industry-leading newsletter Health Plan Week (HPW) recently reached a milestone with the publication of its 1000th issue on July 22, 2013. Since its inaugural issue on May 22, 1991, the newsletter has been covering the gamut of health insurance and health policy news for more than twenty years. As the major provisions of the Affordable Care Act go into effect, HPW will continue to chronicle the impact on health insurers, employers, providers and other stakeholders.
Of the time of HPW’s first issue, AIS publisher and founder Rick Biehl recalls, “We were in the midst of a national debate over health care reform. Managed care had revolutionized health care financing, and presidential hopeful Bill Clinton was campaigning on a proposal to overhaul the U.S. health care system. It was a great opportunity for a company with health business reporting expertise.”
The first issue examined then-experimental HMOs and PPOs, and also surveyed the prospect of a national health plan. A few weeks later, HPW covered Health Net, Inc.’s conversion to a publicly traded company, and noted that the median base salary for managed care organization CEOs was $170,000, plus annual incentive payments equal to 38% of salary. By contrast, UnitedHealth Group CEO Stephen Hemsley collected $13.9 million in total pay in 2012, according to the June 24 issue of HPW.
Visit http://aishealth.com/marketplace/health-plan-week to read the 1000th issue in its entirety, which includes articles on the impact of underground hacker markets on HHS data breach rules, five states’ CMS-approved initiatives to manage Medicare-Medicaid dual eligibles, Medicare Pioneer accountable care organizations and an interview with Bruce Henderson, head of integrated solutions at Aetna Inc.’s Accountable Care Solutions.
About Health Plan Week
Published since 1991, the 8-page weekly newsletter Health Plan Week provides timely, objective business, financial and regulatory news of the health insurance industry. Coverage includes new benefit designs and underwriting practices, new products and marketing strategies, mergers and alliances, financial performance and results, Medicare and Medicaid opportunities, disease management, and the flood of reform-driven regulatory initiatives including medical loss ratios, exchanges, ACOs and myriad benefit design changes that are mandated.
About Atlantic Information Services
Atlantic Information Services, Inc. (AIS) is a publishing and information company that has been serving the health care industry for more than 25 years. It develops highly targeted news, data and strategic information for managers in hospitals, health plans, medical group practices, pharmaceutical companies and other health care organizations. AIS products include print and electronic newsletters, websites, looseleafs, books, strategic reports, databases, webinars and conferences. Learn more at http://www.AISHealth.com. Reported by PRWeb 5 hours ago.
