All the headlines from our Health Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 16 2010 // Property/casualty insurers will have some extra time to comply with new Medicare and Medicaid liability claims reporting requirements.The Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services...
Nov 16 2010 // U.S. employers offering health insurance to workers will not lose protected status under the new healthcare law if they decide to switch healthcare plan providers, U.S. administration officials said Monday.At issue is...
Nov 14 2010 // The federal government’s crackdown on fraud and errors in Medicare and Medicaid is raising liability issues for firms that specialize in managing claims and billing for these programs – and has some scampering...
Nov 14 2010 // The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has been conducting regional seminars aimed at identifying best practices for providers, law enforcement and beneficiaries in preventing health care fraud. The HHS Office of...
Nov 12 2010 // Repeal reform? No thanks, say health insurers, drugmakers and others looking for a clearer picture of the U.S. healthcare market after the bruising passage of the controversial overhaul law.Company executives at the...
Nov 11 2010 // Any efforts to halt progress on implementing the nation’s healthcare overhaul or to freeze funding are a step in the wrong direction even though some changes are needed, the president of Aetna Inc. told Reuters...
Nov 11 2010 // Illinois Department of Insurance Director of Insurance Michael T. McRaith has issued the following disciplinary orders for September and October 2010:Shango D. Johnson, Chicago – Insurance producer license suspended...
Nov 2 2010 // Republicans have vowed to repeal and replace President Barack Obama’s healthcare overhaul — or at least obstruct many of its provisions — if they win control of Congress on Tuesday.National polls show...
Nov 2 2010 // IronHealth, the specialty healthcare unit of Ironshore Inc., has introduced a government billing errors & omissions solution that helps healthcare organizations manage the risk and expense associated with audit events...
Nov 1 2010 // Georgia voters going to the polls on Nov. 2 will have a real choice when it comes to electing the state’s next insurance commissioner. The Democratic, Republican and Libertarian candidates hold different positions on...
Oct 25 2010 // IronHealth, the specialty healthcare unit of Ironshore Inc., has developed a insurance program to address the risk exposure created by the specific reporting requirements of Section 111 of the Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP...
Oct 22 2010 // U.S. state insurance commissioners unanimously backed tough rules requiring health insurance companies to direct more of the premiums they collect to medical care, rather than corporate salaries and profits.Although the...
Oct 22 2010 // The Illinois Department of Insurance says it will receive $1.45 million in federal funds to support its efforts to educate Illinois health insurance consumers and advocate on their behalf. The grant funds provided under...
Oct 21 2010 // On November 2, Californians will select a new insurance commissioner, charged with regulating the fourth-largest insurance market in the world at about $160 billion. Assemblyman and Democrat Dave Jones recently shared why...
Oct 20 2010 // One candidate to be Georgia ‘s next insurance commissioner thinks the state should build on its risk management schools to become a national leader in alternative risk transfer innovation. Another wants the state to...
Oct 18 2010 // Unlike many voters, the hundreds and thousands of independent insurance agents and brokers in California know the November 2 election will be a pivotal one. After all, on that day, Californians will select a new insurance...
Oct 15 2010 // Three insurance producer groups have joined forces to form the Texas Coalition of Health Insurance Agents to monitor, respond to and communicate on the implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care...
Oct 13 2010 // Coverage denials of individuals based on their medical histories by the nation’s top for-profit health insurance companies rose by nearly half in recent years, U.S. lawmakers said Tuesday.The findings raise questions...
Oct 6 2010 // Federal officials say Illinois, Nebraska and the Dakotas will each be getting $1 million to help the states establish a health insurance exchange.The exchanges, created by the federal Affordable Care Act, are meant to be...
Oct 1 2010 // Principal Financial Group Inc., an insurance, retirement and financial services company, said it is getting out of the health insurance business.It said the move will eliminate 150 jobs initially and more later....