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Feds prepare for ACA open enrollment with an improved Healthcare.gov

As open enrollment nears for plans offered pursuant to the Affordable Care Act, HealthCare.gov is making headlines again with coverage about how the new version of the federal enrollment website is better than the old. Despite the revamp, though, "things are still complicated," according to the Associated Press.

Insurers test out Healthcare.gov privately

Healthcare.gov opened Tuesday for insurers to test out--privately.

WellPoint, Blues plans big winners among exchange shoppers

WellPoint and many Blue Cross Blue Shield plans took an aggressive approach to participating in the health insurance exchanges--and it paid off. In 12 of the 15 states with exchange information available, WellPoint and Blues plans dominated the marketplaces last year, according to a new study from Avalere Health.

Pharmacy group comes down on health plans

To provide for a smooth transition from coverage to care at the start of the 2015 plan year, the National Association of Chain Drug Stores urged the federal government to require that health plans provide nightly updates to patient eligibility files. This is just one of many actions the group wants health plans to take to help beneficiaries during the upcoming enrollment process. 

Exchanges draw more insurers with favorable market conditions

Insurers will face tougher competition in the upcoming open enrollment period for health insurance exchanges as new entrants start selling plans on the online marketplaces, the  New York Times  reported.

Who and where are the uninsured consumers?

Almost 14 percent of the American adult population remains uninsured since open enrollment closed three months ago, according to the Health Reform Monitoring Survey from the Urban Institute. The survey parsed out various characteristics of the remaining uninsured, which can help insurers target their outreach and education efforts as they focus on the 2015 enrollment period.

Consumers continue to flock to HealthCare.gov

Open enrollment has come and gone but new federal data, obtained by ProPublica, shows the federal exchange saw roughly 1 million insurance transactions since mid-April.

ACA hasn't boosted number of new patients at doctor offices

Even though the number of sign-ups during the open enrollment for healthcare exchanges increased throughout the first half of 2014, the number of patients going into doctors' offices hasn't, according to a report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and athenahealth. 

Despite enrollment boost, health reform hasn't increased doctor visits

The first five months of 2014 haven't brought more patients into doctors' offices, despite a large increase in sign-ups for health insurance exchanges, according to a new report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and athenahealth. In fact,  there was a slight drop in percentage of total new-patient visits compared to the same period last year.

Study: Reschedule open enrollment to increase sign-ups

If the federal government shifts the open enrollment period for health insurance exchanges to a different time of year, insurers would see many more enrollees sign up for their plans, according to a new report published in the journal Health Affairs.