All the headlines from our Health Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 3 2016 // Health insurance premiums for Illinois residents who buy coverage through the Affordable Care Act’s marketplace could increase by as much as 45 percent according to proposals submitted by insurers and made public on...
Jul 26 2016 // Zenefits reached its first settlement with a state government over its use of unlicensed health insurance brokers, an issue that prompted investigations in at least three other states and led its founding chief executive...
Jul 25 2016 // Healthcare organizations contain a wealth of personal information, making them them the number one target for cyber breaches, according to a Houston-based attorney who specializes in healthcare privacy.Lynn Sessions, a...
Jul 25 2016 // The potential bust-up of two mega deals among America’s largest health insurance companies may have an unintended result – more mergers.The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday sued to block Aetna...
Jul 25 2016 // Illinois insurance regulators are seeking the rehabilitation of a failing health insurance co-op that the department previously attempted to rescue.Anne Melissa Dowling, Acting Director of the Illinois Department of...
Jul 20 2016 // U.S. antitrust officials are poised to file lawsuits to block Anthem Inc.’s takeover of rival health-insurer Cigna Corp. and Aetna Inc.’s deal to buy Humana Inc., according to a person familiar with the...
Jul 18 2016 // The Obama administration’s top health official highlighted the importance of competition to insurance markets, as the Justice Department is poised to decide on two massive deals among four of the health-plan...
Jul 14 2016 // An Illinois health insurance co-op with 49,000 policyholders in the state has become the latest casualty among a dwindling group of nonprofit alternative insurers set up under the Affordable Care Act.Illinois regulators...
Jul 12 2016 // State insurance regulators are seeking public comment on requested health insurance policy rate changes.The Department of Insurance and Financial Services said that insurers’ proposed changes for individual rates in...
Jul 12 2016 // New York’s insurance regulator has conditionally approved Aetna Inc.’s $37 billion takeover of Humana Inc., one of the last state sign-offs needed for the deal, people familiar with the matter said.The...
Jul 11 2016 // Connecticut’s insurance commissioner announced Tuesday that nonprofit health insurer HealthyCT must be placed under state supervision to protect the company’s 40,000 policyholders.Commissioner Katharine Wade...
Jul 11 2016 // Healthcare organizations contain a wealth of personal information, making them them the number one target for cyber breaches, according to a Houston-based attorney who specializes in healthcare privacy.Lynn Sessions, a...
Jul 8 2016 // The state of Illinois has tried an unusual maneuver to save a health insurer with 49,000 Illinois policyholders from possible financial failure by blocking it from paying a $31.8 million bill to the federal...
Jul 8 2016 // The U.S. Department of Justice has significant concerns about Aetna Inc’s proposed acquisition of health insurer Humana Inc., a source familiar with the situation said on Thursday, sending shares of Humana down as...
Jul 5 2016 // DataPath, a payment processor and provider, has launched RelianceCard, a card-based payment option for workers’ compensation Medicare Set-Aside (MSA) arrangements. The customizable card provides MSA recipients access...
Jul 5 2016 // A breakup of Anthem Inc.’s $48 billion bid for Cigna Corp., under scrutiny by U.S. antitrust regulators, could spark new deals for smaller health plans in a continued wave of industry consolidation.Smaller insurers...
Jun 23 2016 // Seven Democratic senators urged the U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday to block two mergers of major health insurance companies, saying that the proposed deals would mean higher premiums and lower-quality healthcare for...
Jun 20 2016 // The New Hampshire Insurance Department issued a consumer alert on June 6 concerning health insurance denials and mammograms.The department said that since Jan. 1, it has heard from 67 New Hampshire women who received...
Jun 17 2016 // California’s insurance commissioner wants the U.S. Department of Justice to block health insurer Anthem Inc.’s acquisition of Cigna Corp, saying he is concerned it will raise premiums in the state.California...
Jun 10 2016 // Wisconsin insurance industry leaders are worried a potential state move toward self-insurance is already on its way to a done deal.At a Wisconsin Health News panel, panelists and audience members critiqued the possible...