All the headlines from our Health Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 30 2014 // The top federal prosecutors from South Dakota and North Dakota say they have increased their efforts to fight health care fraud.U.S. Attorney Brendan Johnson of South Dakota said he has restructured his office to allow...
Jul 18 2014 // The New Hampshire Insurance Department issued a consumer clarification for state residents Thursday explaining what the term “multi-state” means on the state’s federally facilitated health insurance...
Jul 11 2014 // Massachusetts state officials are offering an upbeat assessment of efforts to repair the state’s hobbled health insurance website.Maydad Cohen, special assistant to Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, told the...
Jul 9 2014 // Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon vetoed legislation that would have limited who could work in the state as a health insurance guide and blamed a national conservative group for injecting an error into the model legislation.The...
Jul 7 2014 // The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and the emerging regulatory environment present difficult challenges to employers.As employers, regulators, administrators and courts begin to struggle with...
Jul 7 2014 // In November, California voters will decide whether to implement state government price controls on health insurance.Insurance agents and brokers are certain to be asked by their clients whether this ballot measure merits...
Jul 2 2014 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Jay Bradford announced that five companies have filed to sell individual health insurance plans on Arkansas’ Federally-facilitated health insurance Marketplace for the 2015 plan...
Jun 27 2014 // Most people buying their own health insurance in Michigan could see near double-digit premium increases next year.State insurance regulators said that dominant insurers Blue Care Network and Blue Cross Blue Shield want to...
Jun 23 2014 // Consultants told the board that governs Minnesota’s health insurance exchange that a lot of work is needed to get the troubled system ready for open enrollment in November.MNsure hired Deloitte Consulting LLP for $5...
Jun 23 2014 // The largest private health insurer in South Dakota has opted to not sell plans through the federal marketplace during the open enrollment period that begins in November.Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield says it will...
Jun 22 2014 // President Barack Obama‘s new health secretary moved swiftly on Friday to shore up administration oversight of Obamacare with a series of management changes to address weaknesses blamed for last year’s crash of...
Jun 9 2014 // New Hampshire businesses aren’t happy with the latest delay in the small group health insurance market created by the Affordable Care Act, but some are more understanding than others.Companies have been able to...
Jun 2 2014 // Delaware lawmakers are expected to act quickly on recommendations from a state task force aimed at lowering workers’ compensation insurance rates.The task force presented lawmakers a report on May 15 proposing that...
May 27 2014 // A new method of paying medical fees for injured workers under Alaska’s workers’ compensation program won’t be in place until mid-2015, and it will take more time for insurance companies to judge any...
May 27 2014 // A new study finds the number of uninsured adults in New Jersey plummeted as people signed up for the new federal health insurance exchange.The Health Reform Monitoring System, which did polls across the country, found that...
May 19 2014 // Delaware lawmakers are expected to act quickly on recommendations from a state task force aimed at lowering workers’ compensation insurance rates.The task force presented lawmakers a report on May 15 proposing that...
May 16 2014 // Federal prosecutors say an insurance broker has admitted stealing nearly $1 million while selling health care coverage he knew was fake. Seventy-year-old David Clark of Morristown, N.J., pleaded guilty Wednesday to...
May 13 2014 // As in other states with no restrictions on pricing in the workers’ compensation system, medical costs per claim are high and are rising in Indiana, according to a recent study by the Workers’ Compensation...
May 5 2014 // Like other states with no restrictions on pricing in the workers’ compensation system, medical costs per claim are high and are rising in Indiana, according to a recent study by the Workers’ Compensation...
May 5 2014 // Today’s challenges are also tomorrow’s opportunities depending on the viewpoint. Those same opportunities could also remain tomorrow’s challenges. This special report highlights 10 current workers’...