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Initiative Measure On Next Ballot Will Give California The Power To Review And Reject Health Insurance Companies' Unreasonable Rate Hikes SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Anthem Blue Cross plans to go ahead with a 10.6% average annual health insurance rate hike on small business owners, despite the fact that an examination by California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones found the rate increase to be unreasonable and unsupportable, the Insurance...
HARTFORD, Conn., Jan. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Connecticut Health Insurance Exchange received notifications from nine insurance companies regarding their intention to offer health or dental coverage when it begins operations in October 2013. The Exchange is one of the first to solicit Qualified Health Plans (QHP) from insurance carriers as it works to fulfill its mission to offer a wide range of health insurance options to consumers and small businesses. Carriers were requested...
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- SeeChange Health, an innovator in value-based benefit design solutions to improve health and reduce health care costs, announced it has secured its third round of $15 million in Series C financing from existing investment participants Psilos Group and Maverick Capital. SeeChange Health will use the capital to further its market expansion, to continue on its current growth path, and to advance ongoing product development. "Our...
ERISAclaim.com announced its 2013 HSA & PPACA Claim Specialist Programs for healthcare providers on 2013 new federal PPACA SBC (aka “Insurance Verification”) laws, PPACA internal and external appeal laws, overpayment laws, and how to get paid with $14 billion in patient HSA Account. Hanover Park, IL (PRWEB) January 01, 2013 On Jan 01, 2013, ERISAclaim.com announced its 2013 HSA & PPACA Claim Specialist Programs to train both in-network and out-of-network healthcare providers...
The biggest buzzword of this decade in the employee health benefits market is "Private Health Insurance Exchange". How is such an exchange offered? (PRWEB) December 26, 2012 Zane Benefits, the leader in Defined Contribution and Health Reimbursement Arrangement (HRA) solutions for business health benefits, today published a simple guide to offering a private health exchange. The biggest buzzword of this decade in the employee health benefits market is "Private Health...
EAGAN, Minn., Dec. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota (Blue Cross) board of trustees announced today the appointment of Michael J. Guyette as president and chief executive officer. Guyette will begin his duties on January 7. Scott Lynch, who had been serving as president and chief executive officer on an interim basis, will remain senior vice president and chief legal officer. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121217/DC30954)...
CEOs from 35 Blues plans collectively brought home about $93 million in bonuses, salary and other compensation in 2011, according to an analysis of state insurance department filings by The AIS Report on Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans, published independently by Atlantic Information Services. Washington, DC (PRWEB) December 13, 2012 Lower-than-anticipated medical utilization and robust enrollment growth in 2010 led to some sizable performance bonuses for health plan executives in 2011....
DENVER, Dec. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Denver-based health care information technology and services provider HealthTrio, LLC, has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Aetna, Inc. (NYSE: AET) and two Aetna subsidiaries. In the lawsuit filed Dec. 11, 2012, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, attorneys for HealthTrio allege that Hartford, Conn.-based Aetna and subsidiaries ActiveHealth Management, Inc. and Medicity, Inc. have infringed 10 HealthTrio...
WARSAW, Ind., Dec. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Zimmer Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: ZMH; SIX: ZMH), a global leader in musculoskeletal care, today announced that Gail K. Boudreaux, Executive Vice President of UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) and Chief Executive Officer of UnitedHealthcare, has been appointed to its Board of Directors. UnitedHealth Group, a leader in the health benefits and services industry, serves more than 75 million people worldwide. The company had 2011 revenues of $102...
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being released by the American Psychological Association Practice Organization: Aetna has agreed to a $120 million settlement of a class action lawsuit filed by psychologists, other health care professionals and patients in the federal court in New Jersey. The lawsuit alleges that Aetna used a faulty database to underpay claims for services from out-of-network providers. Aetna licensed the Ingenix database to...
