Latest Health Insurance Headlines
All the headlines from our Health Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Swiss Re Buys 26% Stake in Indian Health Care Provider
Dec 12 2006 // Swiss Re has signed an agreement with TTK Group and India Value Funds Advisors (IVF) to purchase a 26 percent stake in TTK Healthcare Services Pvt Ltd (TTKHCS), one of India’s leading health insurance third party...
Employers offering health coverage in California declining
Dec 11 2006 // California has the most number of people without insurance coverage compared to any other state — and the number of employers offering health insurance plans is declining. According to a recent “Snapshot of...
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Dec 10 2006 // Employers offering health coverage in California declining California has the most number of people without insurance coverage compared to any other state – and the number of employers offering health insurance plans...
Mo. Man Convicted of Medicare Scam Denies Role in Blaze That Kills 10
Dec 5 2006 // The owner of the southwest Missouri group home for the mentally ill destroyed in a fatal fire last week says he has nothing to hide, despite questions about his role in the facility and what started the blaze. In what he...
Health Care Premiums Outpace Oklahomans’ Earnings
Nov 29 2006 // The cost of health insurance for Oklahoma families rose more than four times faster than their wages over the last six years, according to a new study. The report released by Families USA, a nonprofit health care consumer...
Mo. Man Sentenced to Prison in Medicare Fraud Scam
Nov 22 2006 // The owner of two Kansas City-area medical supply businesses was sentenced Monday to three years in prison without parole for his part in a scheme that bilked Medicare out of millions of dollars. U.S. District Judge Gary A....
It Figures
Nov 20 2006 // 21 The number of health insurers fined by the New York State Insurance Department with a total of $310,300 for violations of New York’s Prompt Pay Law, which requires health insurers and HMOs to pay undisputed health...
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Nov 19 2006 // 21 The number of health insurers fined by the New York State Insurance Department with a total of $310,300 for violations of New York’s Prompt Pay Law, which requires health insurers and HMOs to pay undisputed health...
Study: Most Believe Health Insurance Problematic
Nov 16 2006 // Most Americans think there is something wrong about the state of U.S. health insurance, but they disagree on what to do about it. A study released Tuesday by the National Opinion Research Center at the University of...
N.Y. City Sues to Block Major Health Insurance Merger
Nov 15 2006 // New York City officials are trying to stop a major health-insurance merger, saying it would create a near-monopoly. New York City filed court papers Monday to prevent the region’s biggest nonprofit insurers — GHI...
Health Insurers Offer $300 Billion Plan for Covering Uninsured
Nov 15 2006 // Health insurance companies proposed a national $300 billion plan this week aimed at getting coverage for all uninsured children in three years and for most adults within 10. The plan includes tax breaks for the working...
N.Y. City Loses Quick Bid to Block Health Insurers’ Merger
Nov 15 2006 // A judge on Tuesday refused a request by New York City officials to immediately stop the merger of two nonprofit insurance companies that provide coverage to city workers because it violates antitrust laws. U.S. District...
Ohio Medical Mutual Investigator Wins National Fraud-fighting Award
Nov 13 2006 // Financial Investigator Jeff Leovic, a member of Medical Mutual of Ohio’s Financial Investigations unit, is among the winners of the 2006 National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association’s (NHCAA) Investigation of...
N.Y. Fines 21 Health Plans For Prompt Pay Violations
Nov 10 2006 // The New York State Insurance Department has levied fines totaling $310,300 against 21 health insurers and health maintenance organizations (HMOs) for violations of New York’s Prompt Pay Law. The violations and...
Group Sues in Conn. to Halt Sale of Limited Aetna Health Policy
Oct 26 2006 // A consumer advocacy group filed a lawsuit this week against health insurer Aetna Inc., one of its subsidiaries and the Connecticut Department of Insurance, hoping to stop the sale of new health insurance plans it claims...
Wis. Company Uncovers Health Insurance Scam Involving Military
Oct 20 2006 // A Philippines-based company and its president allegedly scammed a Department of Defense health insurance program out of more than $900,000, according to an indictment unsealed Wednesday. Thomas Arthur Lutz and the company...
Health Insurance Program for Small Businesses in Okla. to Expand
Oct 16 2006 // New rules expanding a program to help small businesses in Oklahoma provide health insurance for their employees are now in effect. Gov. Brad Henry announced Oct. 13 that he had signed Oklahoma Health Care Authority rules...
Okla. Doctor Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Medicare, Private Insurers
Oct 12 2006 // An Alva, Okla., doctor faces up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine after pleading guilty to defrauding Medicare out of $1 million. Gregory Glase Pinegar also will forfeit more than $400,000 as part of his plea...
Mass. Begins Historic Mandatory Health Insurance Plan
Oct 3 2006 // Massachusetts began signing up its poorest residents for low-cost health insurance , the first step in the state’s goal to be the first in America to require all citizens to have health insurance. “This is a...
N.Y. Sees Rise in Number of Health Insureds
Sep 29 2006 // New York was the only state to see a significant drop in its number of uninsured people even as their ranks grew nationally, a new report finds. The report by the union-backed Fiscal Policy Institute found the percent of...
