Anthem health plan draws praise, criticism
Central Maine Healthcare employees, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield leaders and others spent hours Monday trying to sway the head of the Maine Bureau of Insurance. Anthem’s plan to …
Highmark expands closed network plans to West Virginia and Delaware
A private insurance exchange is the newest lever for employers trying to get a handle on health care coverage. Highmark Health Services on Friday announced it is expanding its closed …
eHealth Offers WellCare Medicare Plans Online and by Phone
The nation’s first and largest private online health insurance exchange,eHealth, Inc, is offering Medicare Advantage plans and Medicare Prescription Drug Plans (PDPs) from WellCare Health Plans, Inc. on its online …
Blue Cross wins key ruling in antitrust case
A federal judge dismissed the heart of a surgical center’s antitrust suit against Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Illinois and a downstate hospital network in a case that challenges …
Highmark chief discusses health care transformation
A health insurance company CEO addressed the state Chamber of Commerce’s business summit on Thursday at The Greenbrier, where he talked about the need to transform health care but also …
UPMC enlists employees in latest Highmark fight
As public criticism grows about its pending divorce from Highmark Health Services, UPMC is asking thousands of its employees to campaign against legislation that could force it to renew reimbursement …
Rhode Island health exchange releases plan rates and details
Rhode Island’s state-run health benefits marketplace released the monthly premiums Tuesday for the 28 plans it will offer for individuals and small businesses under the federal health care overhaul. HealthSource …
BlueCross Exits Utah’s Small Business Exchange
Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah has dropped out of the state’s small business health insurance Marketplace (or Exchange), known as Avenue H. Three carriers will participate, according to Steve Gooch, …