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CVS to Pay $67.5B for Aetna to Create Giant Health Firm with ‘10,000 New Front Doors’

Dec 3 2017 // CVS Health Corp. will buy Aetna Inc. for about $67.5 billion, creating a healthcare giant that will have a hand in everything from insurance to the corner drugstore.CVS will pay $207 a share for Aetna, with $145 a share in...

California Workers’ Comp Department Suspends 9 Medical Providers for Fraud

Nov 22 2017 // The Division of Workers’ Compensation has suspended nine more medical providers from participating in California’s workers’ compensation system, bringing the total number of providers suspended this year...

The Senior Care Market Still Going Strong

Nov 20 2017 // The aging U.S. population will create unprecedented demand for the senior living industry for decades to come and that opens the door for agents and brokers to grow their business in this sector. But understanding the...

Auto Insurance Reform Bill Goes Down in Michigan House

Nov 20 2017 // A bill to reduce auto insurance premiums was defeated late on Nov. 2 by the Michigan House, another blow for longstanding efforts to rein in medical costs contributing to the highest average rates in the country.After...

California Workers’ Comp Division Suspends 12 Medical Providers for Fraud

Nov 15 2017 // The California Division of Workers’ Compensation has suspended 12 more medical providers from participating in California’s workers’ comp system, bringing the total number of providers suspended this year...

California Workers’ Comp Division Suspends 21 Medical Providers for Fraud

Nov 8 2017 // The California Division of Workers’ Compensation has suspended 21 more medical providers from participating in California’s workers’ comp system, bringing the total number of providers suspended this year...

Auto Insurance Reform Bill Defeated in Michigan House

Nov 6 2017 // A bill to reduce auto insurance premiums was defeated late on Nov. 2 by the Michigan House, another blow for longstanding efforts to rein in medical costs contributing to the highest average rates in the country.After...

CVS, Aetna Could Close $70B Merger Deal as Soon as December

Nov 6 2017 // U.S. pharmacy operator CVS Health Corp. and health insurer Aetna Inc. are working toward finalizing merger terms and announcing a deal for more than $70 billion as early as December, according to people familiar with the...

Aetna Keeps Quiet About Reported CVS Merger Talks; Net Income Rises 39%

Nov 1 2017 // U.S. health insurer Aetna Inc failed to provide any hints on reported merger talks with CVS Health Corp when discussing quarterly results on Tuesday and laid out obstacles to 2018 earnings growth, sending its shares...

What CVS-Aetna Deal Could Mean for Pharmacy Benefit Managers

Oct 30 2017 // If Aetna Inc. is eventually swallowed by CVS Health Corp., an important part of the health-care business will be changed — perhaps for good.For years, pharmacy benefits were largely carved out from the rest of a...

Trump Pulls Support for Senators’ Bipartisan Deal to Save Obamacare Subsidies

Oct 18 2017 // President Donald Trump on Wednesday backed away from a bipartisan deal from two U.S. senators to stabilize Obamacare by restoring subsidies to health insurers, one day after signaling his support for the plan.The agreement...

Bill to Lower Michigan Auto Insurance Premiums on Shaky Ground

Oct 16 2017 // Legislation to reduce Michigan’s high auto insurance premiums by letting drivers opt out of mandatory unlimited medical coverage is in peril, with majority Republicans lacking enough support to pass it on their own...

Trump Ends Health Insurer Subsidy; Allows Association Health Plans, Expense Accounts

Oct 12 2017 // President Donald Trump’s administration took its most drastic step yet to roll back the Affordable Care Act, cutting off a subsidy to insurers hours after issuing an executive order designed to draw people away from...

California Division of Workers’ Comp Suspends 8 Medical Providers for Fraud

Oct 5 2017 // The Division of Workers’ Compensation has suspended eight more medical providers from participating in California’s workers’ comp system, bringing the total number of providers suspended this year to...

Michigan Bill Would Cut Auto Premiums by 20%

Sep 27 2017 // Michigan drivers would no longer be required to buy unlimited medical insurance to cover serious crash injuries under legislation that high-ranking supporters proposed Tuesday to significantly reduce the country’s...

Minnesota Gov. Cranks Up Pressure on Feds to Protect Health Programs

Sep 22 2017 // Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton blasted federal health officials on Sept. 20 for holding up approval of a program meant to lower health insurance costs and threatening millions of dollars in cuts to health care for the working...

California Workers’ Comp Division Suspends 6 Medical Providers for Fraud

Sep 22 2017 // The California Division of Workers’ Compensation has suspended six more medical providers from participating in the state’s workers’ comp system, bringing the total number of suspended providers to 38.The...

Unlicensed Health Insurance Companies Targeting Delaware Seniors

Sep 21 2017 // Senior citizens are being warned to be on the lookout for unlicensed health insurance companies in Delaware. The companies have been marketing and selling plans to residents of long-term care and nursing home facilities in...

Insurers Oppose Latest Republican Obamacare Repeal Effort

Sep 21 2017 // Insurance-industry groups said Wednesday that they oppose a Republican proposal to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, joining health-care providers in asking Senators to reject the bill.America’s Health...

Percent of Indiana Residents Without Health Insurance Declines

Sep 19 2017 // A U.S. Census Bureau report has found that Indiana had 373,000 fewer people without health insurance last year than three years earlier.The report released last week said about 8 percent of Indiana residents, or about...