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AIS Press
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Latest
Releases
- September 1, 2010 Just Published: Health Plan Facts, Trends and Data: 2010-2011
AIS's Health Plan Facts, Trends and Data: 2010-2011 is shipping now. This all-new factbook addresses many of the unanswered questions on how to best implement provisions in the health care reform law — and how you can make these changes but still remain competitive. Read
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- August 12, 2010 Webinar to Address Implementation of Insurance Exchanges and Their Impact on Health Plans, Employers, Brokers and Agents
The state insurance exchanges called for by the health reform law will dramatically alter the way individuals and small employers purchase health coverage. And they will forever change the way health insurers compete for business. While exchanges hold the promise of millions of new plan enrollees, health insurers that participate will face strict transparency compliance rules and rate-hike scrutiny from both state and federal regulators. AIS's Aug. 31 Webinar, Insurance Exchanges: How to Prepare for Their Impact on Small-Group and Individual Markets, features panel of industry insiders... Read
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Recent
Releases
2010
- August 4, 2010 New Report Details Oncology Management Strategies and Pricing Methodologies of Two Large Health Plans
- July 1, 2010 Competing Stakeholders Disagree Over Future of AWP Benchmark and Viable Replacements, Drug Benefit News Reports
- June 23, 2010 Webinar Addresses Impact of Just-Released Grandfathering Regulations on Health Plans and Employers
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May 19, 2010 Webinar Addresses Likely Impact of Health Reform’s MLR Regulations and Insurance Exchanges on Brokers and Agents
- April 15, 2010 2010 Medicare and Medicaid Factbook Just Published — Features New Enrollment Data, Benefit Designs, Rates and Trends
- March 22, 2010 Introducing AIS’s Health Reform Week — Telling savvy business leaders in health care what all of this means to them and what they can do about it
- March 18, 2010 More Marketing Regulation Could Be in Store for Medicare Plans, AIS’s Medicare Advantage News Reports
- February 24, 2010 Just Published: AIS’s 2010 Directory of Health Plans – Featuring More Than 3,900 Key Executives Contacts
2009
- December 23, 2009 Leading Health Plan CEOs Offer Outlook for Reform, New Products and Coverage Trends in 2010
- December 8, 2009 Just Published: Pharmacy Benefit Trends & Data: 2000-2009 Survey Results
- November 18, 2009 Just Published: The AIS Guide to Medicare Compliance Risks & Strategies for Hospitals, Physician Groups and Other Providers
- September 9, 2009 Just Published: Health Plan Facts, Trends and Data: 2009-2010
- August 17, 2009 New Publication Announcement: Complying With the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act
- July 20, 2009 Just Released: First Quarter 2009 Key Financial Indicators for 50 Leading Health Plans
- July 15, 2009 Just Published: The AIS Guide to Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans: 2009
- July 7, 2009 CVS Caremark Chief’s ’08 Pay Dwarfs Compensation for CEOs of Rival PBMs, Drug Benefit News Reports
- June 16, 2009 13 Health Plan CEOs Earned $118 Million in ‘08, Health Plan Week Reports
- April 22, 2009 New Medicare and Medicaid Resource Available: Features MA, SNP, PDP and Medicaid Enrollment Data, Market Share Trends, Contract Statistics, and Plan Design Information
- April 2, 2009 New Report Released: The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009: Health Care Industry Implications
- March 23, 2009 Online HIPAA Compliance Resource Helps Hospitals, Health Plans and Other Providers Comply with New Privacy and Security Rules
- March 18, 2009 Online Rx Price Comparison Tools, Drug Discount Card Use Soars in Weak Economy, Drug Benefit News Reports
- March 9, 2009 Publication Announcement: A Comprehensive Guide to Managing Never Events and Hospital-Acquired Conditions
- February 23, 2009 Veteran HIPAA Attorney Reece Hirsch to Address Groundbreaking Privacy and Security Measures in President Obama’s Stimulus Package at March 11 Audioconference
- February 20, 2009 AIS’s 2009 Directory of Health Plans Features Year-End 2008 Enrollment Data and Updated Contact Details for Key Executives
- January 21, 2009 Just Published – The Next Generation of Disease Management: 2009 and Beyond
- January 16, 2009 Just Released — AIS’s Health Business Outlook 2009
- January 12, 2009 Just Published: Specialty Pharmacy: Stakeholders, Strategies and Markets 2009 — A Unique Resource That Tracks Trends and Data in This Growing Industry
2008
- November 17, 2008 Industry Leaders Weigh In on Likely Changes to the Health Plan Industry Under the Obama Administration and New Congress
- October 16, 2008 Pharmacy Benefit Database Analyzes Eight Years of PBM, PBA and SPP Industry Activity – Capabilities, Growth Trends, Drug Spend, Market Shifts …
- October 15, 2008 Just Published -- The Aging of America: Implications for the Business of Health Care Features Data, Trends and Research Findings from More Than 20 Organizations
- September 23, 2008 Final Part D Marketing Rules Hit on Eve of ’09 Selling Season; New Entrants Face Hurdles
- September 16, 2008 PBM Auditing Increases as Rx Costs Rise, but Critics Allege PBMs Are Foiling Audits, Drug Benefit News Reports
- September 3, 2008 AIS’s New 2008-2009 Health Plan Factbook Features Market Data, Industry Trends, and Analyses of Financial Performance
- August 21, 2008 New PhRMA Code Bans Meals, Pens, Mugs and Other Common Gifts to Physicians, AIS’s Report on Medicare Compliance Learns
- August 4, 2008 AIS Launches HIPAA Compliance Center – A Web-Based Service that Helps Organizations Safeguard Patient Privacy and Data
- July 24, 2008 New Web-Based Service Helps Hospitals Reduce the Risk of Medicare Overpayments, Rejected Claims and Other Billing Problems
- July 17, 2008 Many Hospital Claims Denials by Recovery Audit Contractors Are Overturned, as Process Itself Is Questioned
- May 21, 2008 PBMs Allegedly Blur Definitions of ‘Brand’ and ‘Generic’ Drugs, Drug Benefit News Reports, Costing Pharmaceutical Payers Millions of Dollars
- May 14, 2008 Health Care Reform Channel Just Launched on AISHealth.com
- May 13, 2008 Health Plan Execs Receive Smaller Bonuses as Companies Push Performance-Based Pay, Health Plan Week Reports; Hanway Tops Others in Total Compensation
- May 8, 2008 New Report Examines How Prescription Drug Rebates Have Evolved and How the Health Care Industry Has Reacted to New Reimbursement Methodologies
- May 7, 2008 Health Reform & the 2008 Elections – Conference Featuring Top Policy Makers from Capitol Hill, Health Aides for the Clinton, McCain and Obama Campaigns, and State Reform Experts
- April 28, 2008 Health Care Cost Hikes Are Significantly Lower for Companies With High Enrollment in Consumer-Directed Health Plans
- April 23, 2008 Health Plan Earnings Preview: First Quarter 2008 Goes Down As Worst Single Quarter in 11 Years, Equities Analysts Say
- April 21, 2008 New Medicare and Medicaid Data Released: AIS's Newest Publication Features Up-to-Date Enrollment Trends, State Initiatives, Regional Market Share and Prescription Drug Benefits
- April 10, 2008 Historically Rocky Marriage Between Health Plans and Network Providers Is Becoming Even More Contentious, AIS's Health Plan Week Reports
- April 8, 2008 Senators Rockefeller, Hatch and Wyden and Congressmen Stark, Waxman and Camp to Speak at Health Reform Conference July 10-11
- March 19, 2008 New Publication Explores Dramatic Change in Health Plan Pay-for-Performance Programs
- March 3, 2008 UnitedHealth and WellPoint Add More Than 1.2 Million Lives to Country's Largest Consumer-Directed Health Plans
- February 20, 2008 Just-Released AIS’s Directory of Health Plans: 2008 Includes Data for the Dozen Mergers and Acquisitions Completed Last Year
- February 14, 2008 Wal-Mart Signals Its Move Into the PBM Industry; Analysts Have Mixed Reactions to Its Impact, Drug Benefit News Reports
- February 13, 2008 AIS’s New Health Business Outlook 2008 Provides a Quick Read on Key Trends for the Coming Year
- January 25, 2008 Overly Aggressive Acquisition Strategies Can Damage a Health Plan's Relationships with Providers and Customers, Health Plan Week Reports
- January 11, 2008 More Than 20,000 Health Care Decision Makers Each Day Rely on AIS's Health Business Daily and Health Business Meeting Calendar
2007
- December 12, 2007 2000-2007 Pharmacy Benefit Survey Results Just Released: New Resource Tracks Eight Years of Trends in the PBM Industry
- November 30, 2007 Strong Consumer-Directed Health Growth Expected in 2008, Inside Consumer-Directed Care/ISCEBS Study Finds
- November 12, 2007 Include Your Company in the New Edition of AIS's Best-Selling, Comprehensive Health Plan Directory
- October 2, 2007 AIS’s Health Business Daily Delivers Quick-and-Easy News of Interest to Health Care Business Leaders
- September 27, 2007 AISHealth.com Introduces Three New Free Services:
Health Business Daily Newsletter, Health Business Meeting Calendar and Health Care Job Openings
- September 10, 2007 HCCA and AIS Publish First Issue of Medicaid Compliance News
- July 16, 2007 AIS Announces New Name of Industry-Leading Newsletter: Managed Care Week Changes Name to Health Plan Week
- June 26, 2007 Costs Increase for Multiple Sclerosis Therapies; Tiering, Usage Expected to Rise, Specialty Pharmacy News Reports
- June 12, 2007 Five AIS Writers Win Prestigious Awards in Major Competition
- June 11, 2007 CMS, Plans Face Huge Hurdles, Deadlines As They Attempt to Reconcile 2006 Payments, Medicare Part D News Reports
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2006
- November
1, 2006 More
Employees Will See Consumer-Directed Options this Fall, But Enthusiasm
Has Cooled Among Employers, Study Finds
- October 13
, 2006 New
AIS Book Features Up-to-Date, Reliable Data and Strategic Information
on the Specialty Pharmacy Market
- August 28,
2006 At
Least $1.5 Billion Held in Health Savings Accounts, Inside Consumer-Directed
Care Reports
- August 8,
2006 AIS
Launches
New Live Training Seminars for Health Care Leaders
- July 24,
2006 Tremendous
Pressure Exists to Implement Sarbanes-Oxley Best Practices;
Sequel to Best-Selling How-to-Do-It Book Now Available
From AIS
- June 20,
2006 Two
AIS Reporters Win Prestigious Newsletter Awards
- June 5, 2006
Caremark's
CEO Tops PBM Compensation, While Cerner's CEO Leads in E-Health, AIS
Newsletters Report
- May 16, 2006
New Edition
of Best-Selling Medicare and Medicaid Factbook Available
- April 26,
2006 Stock-Option
Grants Drive Up Compensation for UnitedHealth's McGuire, Other MCO
Heads, Managed Care Week Reports
- March 3,
2006 Nearly
$1 Billion Held in Health Savings Accounts, Inside Consumer-Directed
Care Reports
- March 2,
2006 2006
Directory of HSA Administrators and Custodians Now Available
- February
16, 2006 New
2006 Health Plan Directory Features Year-End 2005 Enrollment and Info
for 3,700 Key Executives
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