Latest Health Insurance Headlines
All the headlines from our Health Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Medicare Surety Bonds: Essential Compliance
Apr 9 2025 // This post is part of a series sponsored by Old Republic Surety. A Medicare bond from Old Republic Surety can protect suppliers of durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies (DMEPOS) from financial...
Medicare Open Enrollment Season: Best Practices for Carriers, Agencies, and MGAs/MGUs
Mar 24 2025 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. For carriers and agencies that sell Medicare Advantage, Supplement, or Part D plans, Medicare open enrollment season is always right around the corner. If you’re...
Path to Profitability: Market Risks Facing Agencies and Carriers for Medicare Open Enrollment 2025
Mar 4 2025 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. At first glance, having the most profitable Medicare season comes down to matching your distribution channels to the anticipated size of the market opportunity in a...
Medicare Advantage Whistleblower Case Settled in New York
Dec 19 2024 // US authorities have reached a settlement to resolve a whistleblower case alleging that a New York state health insurer systematically defrauded the federal Medicare program by exaggerating how sick members were in order to...
Is Your Distribution Channel Management Strategy Optimized for Medicare Open Enrollment?
Dec 11 2024 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. How to scale your insurance organization efficiently and effectively during AEP and beyond ‘Tis the season! The Medicare open enrollment season, that is....
Texas Pharmacy Owner Sentenced in $41M Health Insurance Fraud
Nov 18 2024 // A Dallas pharmacy owner who routinely billed insurance companies for headache sprays, pain creams, and scar creams never dispersed to patients was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney for the...
Texas Pharmacy Owner Sentenced in $41M Health Insurance Fraud
Oct 31 2024 // A Dallas pharmacy owner who routinely billed insurance companies for headache sprays, pain creams, and scar creams never dispersed to patients was sentenced last week to 10 years in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney...
Medicare Recovery Actions Can’t be Made by Uninjured Parties, Appeals Court Says
Aug 21 2024 // Litigation that seeks to win Medicare reimbursements from insurance companies has become a huge business over the last decade, making one Miami lawyer a billionaire and causing expensive, ongoing legal headaches for...
Medicare Prescription Drug Costs: Strategies for Managing Expenses
Aug 20 2024 // This post is part of a series sponsored by Trucordia. Trucordia Senior Benefits Practice Leader, Jason Milz, shares how partnering with a licensed insurance agent helps you effectively manage and reduce your prescription...
Choosing Your Medicare Plan: Original Medicare vs. Medicare Advantage
Aug 6 2024 // This post is part of a series sponsored by Trucordia. Trucordia Senior Benefits Practice Leader Jason Milz offers a helpful guide to Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage. When it comes to Medicare, the federal health...
5 Tips for Becoming a Licensed Insurance Professional for Medicare
Jul 23 2024 // This post is part of a series sponsored by Trucordia. Trucordia Senior Benefits Practice Leader, Jason Milz, shares some tips to help begin your journey as a Medicare licensed insurance professional. The demand for...
Medicare: 5 Compliance Trends to Look for in Plan Year 2025
May 28 2024 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. In 2024, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) introduced changes to the rules it sets for Medicare Supplement, Medicare Advantage, and Part D insurance...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Buys Health Insurance Consultants Australia
May 6 2024 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., the Rolling Meadows, Illinois-based broker, announced the acquisition of Melbourne, Victoria-based Health Insurance Consultants Australia (HICA). Terms of the transaction were not...
South Africa’s President Will Sign Health Insurance Bill Into Law
Feb 16 2024 // South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Thursday that he planned to sign into law a National Health Insurance (NHI) bill that aims to provide universal health coverage to South Africans, although he did not...
Colombia to Pay $215 Million in Liabilities to Health Insurers
Dec 28 2023 // The Colombian government will pay private health insurers 820 billion pesos ($215 million) of funds owed since last year for high-cost treatments and medicines, according to a letter by the health ministry. In the letter...
Indiana-Based Health Network Settles Medicare Fraud Case, Agrees to Pay $345 Million
Dec 21 2023 // INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – An Indianapolis-based health network has agreed to pay the government $345 million to resolve charges it defrauded Medicare by overpaying doctors who referred patients to its facilities, prosecutors...
Hacked Philippine Health Insurer Didn’t Have Cyber Protection Software
Oct 10 2023 // The Philippines’ state health insurer didn’t have cyber protection software when hackers attacked its computers, giving criminals access to the data of millions of its citizens and triggering calls for an...
Cigna Announces Settlement With US on Claims it Overcharged Medicare Advantage
Oct 2 2023 // Health insurer Cigna Group says it has reached a settlement with the United States over claims it overcharged the government’s Medicare Advantage program by making it appear patients were more ill than they actually...
Allianz Q2 Profit Jumps 7.1% on Higher Results from US Life & Health Insurance
Aug 10 2023 // Allianz SE, the German owner of bond giant Pacific Investment Management Co., said its second-quarter profit jumped from a year earlier as stronger earnings from its insurance business offset weaknesses in its asset...
Medicare Recovery Firm that Sued Auto Insurers Said to be Under Investigation
Aug 1 2023 // The Florida lawyer and entrepreneur who reportedly made millions by disrupting the auto insurance industry’s Medicare set-aside practices is under federal investigation and may be in financial trouble, according to...
