Dear Students & Families, Please read below if you are or have a student enrolled in a student health insurance plan. We wanted to address your main questions about COVID-19 and how it is covered under your student health insurance plan when you are on-campus, home or traveling....
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Gallagher Student Health is taking additional steps across the company to address the COVID-19 outbreak and help our schools preserve their student’s health. In partnership with the American College Health Association (ACHA) , we sponsored ACHF's COVID-19 response efforts...
Global travel insurance policies and 24/7 travel assistance companies generally will not cover security evacuation for a pandemic disease. There are no insured benefits for evacuation, however assistance is provided for help with booking flights or general...
Quincy, MA (Jan. 13, 2020) Gallagher Student Health & Special Risk (GSH) announced Timothy Kinnicutt as a new business development Account Executive. Tim will join Gallagher’s Student Health team and focus on growing our Midwest and Southern territory including Ohio,...
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a final ruling on the Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds in August 2019. This ruling elaborates on Section 212 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 by clarifying the factors considered when determining whether...
The cost of a student health insurance plan can vary depending upon the state and the school. According to the American College Health Association, the average annual cost of a student health insurance plan can be between $1,500 and $2,500. Often schools will...
18th Annual Awards Banquet 2018 marks the 18th and final year of the Gallagher Student Health Careers Scholarship Program and its banquet celebration honoring recipients for their exceptional academic ambitions in the healthcare field. Gallagher Student Health & Special Risk has...
Coming Soon! Brand new and improved online experience... Updated Website Accessibility & Security Addressing new cyber challenges facing schools and our business WCAG 2.0 – accessibility enhancements to meet compliance and aid the disabled Enhanced Secure File Transfer...
As we look to see if Telemedicine is increasing in popularity and utilization as a treatment delivery method among students and the rest of the population, it is necessary to consider the issue with a critical eye. Revisiting the August 2017 newsletter edition, Understanding the...
Looking back, Part One of this newsletter edition - “Medicaid 101” – was intended to help supplement your basic understanding of the program’s structure, expansion under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), funding, coverage requirements, administration and...
SilverCloud Health Limited, a global provider of evidence-based online mental healthcare solutions for health systems and payers, and Gallagher Student Health & Special Risk, a division of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., have formed an exclusive partnership to change the way behavioral...
Medicaid has been in existence for over half a century and remains one of the largest health insurance coverage programs (even when compared to the individual marketplace) since the passing of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Yet there are still millions of Americans admittedly unclear...
Not long after Nelly Spigner arrived at the University of Richmond in 2014 as a Division I soccer player and aspiring surgeon, college began to feel like a pressure cooker. Overwhelmed by her busy soccer schedule and heavy course load, she found herself fixating on how each grade...
For the first time in more than a decade, applications and enrollments by international graduate students at American colleges and universities declined in 2016-17, a new study has found. The study, conducted by the Council of Graduate Schools, suggests a continued softening of...
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and Republicans on Capitol Hill are advocating a fundamental rethink of higher education, pushing for more vocational programs and shorter pathways to credentials.
2017 marks the 17th annual Gallagher Student Health Careers Scholarship Program, and its banquet celebration honoring recipients for their exceptional academic ambitions in the healthcare field. Gallagher Student Health & Special Risk has been investing in the healthcare community...
Although there's virtually no avoiding the prevalent societal buzz dissecting President Trump's every move (and tweet) relating to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), we must not overlook other fundamental trends impacting higher education student health insurance...
On May 4, 2017, the United States House of Representatives narrowly passed the American Health Care Act ("AHCA"), a bill that seeks to repeal and replace the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ("PPACA"). The AHCA is now before the Senate where Republicans hold a 52-48...