CMS finalizes 85 percent medical loss ratio for Medicaid private managed care plans

http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/cms-issues-final-rule-private-medicaid-plans?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWkRjM1pHWXhaamRtTjJJdyIsInQiOiIrNU1UM0tidlREYndvZ05BQ1hESEZUaFZUV3Jkd0lDVnZTRVhkaWQ3cTZ2ZHJIMk9SZ0ZSSEZGdDhKK3BJS3V4RkkzdDcrR2Y1MDd1K0FabllGQ1p2ZjdGanAybDlCUFJBRWo4eFVRK1IwRT0ifQ%3D%3D

Insurers must spend at least 85 percent of their Medicaid revenue on medical care to improve quality.

More Obamacare Premium Is Spent On Care But The Price Is Rising

http://www.forbes.com/sites/brucejapsen/2015/10/18/more-obamacare-premium-is-spent-on-care-but-the-price-is-rising/?utm_campaign=forbeshealth

Old-School Health Plans Fading Away

http://healthleadersmedia.com/content.cfm?topic=HEP&content_id=316548##

Earth

A longtime standard-bearer of medical underwriting calls it quits and puts itself on the block. Its fatal flaw? Being out of sync with post-PPACA market realities.