WellPoint Cap Program to Provide Savings
The nation’s largest pension fund worked with Indianapolis-based health insurer WellPoint Inc. to cut medical costs 19 percent by capping the price of some surgeries, in the latest sign payers …
Allstate Files $6.6 Million Lawsuit against DME Companies and Owners
Allstate Insurance Company is seeking to recover $6.6 million in treble damages against 80 New York and Florida area defendants in its 4th insurance fraud lawsuit of 2013. Since 2003, …
Oregon Revives Bill to Crack Down on Regence BCBS Payments to ASCs
Oregon’s House of Representatives has revived a measure that will prevent abusive payment practices to ASCs by Regence BlueCross BlueShield, according to The Lund Report. The measure, called the rider …
Choice of Health Plans to Vary Sharply From State to State
When a typical 40-year-old uninsured woman in Maine goes to the new state exchange to buy health insurance this fall, she may have just two companies to choose from: the …
Blue Shield may Take L.A. Contract from Anthem Blue Cross
Blue Shield of California is poised to take a lucrative health insurance contract for city workers away from rival Anthem Blue Cross. The proposed three-year deal is still subject to …
Central Maine Healthcare files suit against the state
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield wants to form a new insurance plan with MaineHealth. And it wants the state to keep the details of that plan secret as it …
UPMC Board Votes Against Extending Highmarks Contract
The battle continues to heat up between UPMC and Highmark. On Friday, the UPMC board voted not to extend Highmark’s contract when it expires in 2014. UPMC brought out a …
Aetna Leaving California Individual Insurance Marketplace
Insurance Company Aetna Inc. will stop selling health insurance to individual consumers in California at the end of the year, withdrawing as the federal health law is expected to reshape …