Biography for Dina Overland
Dina Overland is the editor of FierceHealthPayer. Prior to working with FierceMarkets, Dina wrote monthly newsletters on HIPAA and medical privacy issues, nursing home regulations, and food labeling laws. She also blogged for Prevention magazine. Based in the New Orleans area, Dina is a freelance writer, blogger, and indexer. She has a passion for maintaining a healthful, balanced lifestyle that incorporates many alternative and holistic medicines. Dina can be reached at [email protected]. Follow @HealthPayer on Twitter and find her on LinkedIn.
Articles by Dina Overland
Highmark fights chronic conditions
Highmark and Network Health are the latest insurers to launch new preventive care programs aimed at helping members with chronic conditions. Starting mid-October, Pittsburgh, Penn.-based Highmark
Harvard Pilgrim drops its Medicare Advantage plan
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Massachusetts' second largest health insurer, is dropping its Medicare Advantage health insurance program at the end of the year. The decision affects 22,000 senior
Guest Commentary: Are physician rating systems fair?
Health plans increasingly are introducing physician rating systems to help customers select their doctors--and, in turn, defray rising costs--but it remains unclear whether they actually provide any
Berwick wants health plans to help lower costs
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Donald Berwick is asking insurers to help contribute to a health system with lower costs without withholding patient care. Berwick said he
Premiums, policies increased 7 percent from 2008 to 2009
Insurance companies took in 7 percent more revenue from premiums from individual, group and other policies in 2009 than in the previous year, even as the number of people with coverage fell, the
Humana aims to manage members' chronic disease
Humana (NYSE: HUM) is rolling out a new complex care management division aimed at improving the quality of life for its members with chronic disease. Humana Cares Chronic Condition Management will
Cost of health insurance claims to increase 10 percent
The cost of health insurance claims is expected to rise within the next 12 months, but insurers are getting tougher when negotiating prices with hospitals. Healthcare cost trend increases for plans
Medicare fraud prevention bill introduced in House
Recently introduced legislation in the House would prevent corporate executives from doing business with Medicare if their companies were convicted of fraud - even if the conviction occurs after
Consumer-driven health plan enrollment grows slower than in past
Consumer-driven health plans continue to grow--although enrollment is slower than in previous years. CDHPs grew at a rate of 18.1 percent this past year (about half that of 2009) but no longer cover
Repealing some PPACA provisions would cost $455 billion
Repealing major components of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act would cost $455 billion over 10 years, the Congressional Budget Office says. Some PPACA provisions generated savings for
