OGDENSBURG- The state Department of Corrections& Community Supervision will be docking pay and looking to terminate the state sponsored health insurance of any corrections officer who is striking at any of the dozens of correctional facilities across the state. On Saturday afternoon, Thomas Mailey, the director of public information at DOCCS, provided an…
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Carle Health announced on Feb. 25 that subsidiaries Health Alliance and FirstCarolinaCare will cease operating all lines of business except Medicare Advantage on Jan. 1, 2026. FirstCarolinaCare joined Carle Health in 2020. FCC is a not-for-profit insurance company owned by FirstHealth of the Carolinas and the Illinois- based Carle Health.
Enhance Health LLC, an insurance agency that two years ago said it planned to hire 800 workers in Broward County, now plans to lay off 196 workers and close its Sunrise headquarters. At a lunch event in May 2023, Broward County "s public-private workforce development agency, Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance, announced Enhance Health" s move to offices in Sunrise…
"Nevada has demonstrated that federal investment in the state's Medicaid program has improved both health outcomes and productivity, yet challenges remain," Lombardo wrote. He noted that as one of the fastest-growing states in the country, Medicaid gives Nevada flexibility to adjust to demographic changes and "limitations on Medicaid funding would clearly…
2025 FEB 26– By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News– Current study results on Managed Care have been published. According to news reporting from Cambridge, Massachusetts, by NewsRx journalists, research stated,“ In the USA, low-income racial/ethnic minority groups experience higher smoking rates and greater smoking-related disease…
Too many Maine people struggle to afford health care coverage for doctor's visits or treatment for chronic illness. MaineCare is the state version of Medicaid, and includes CHIP— the Children's Health Insurance Program. Nearly half of all Maine children and a third of Maine adults are covered by MaineCare.
North Star Health Alliance recently announced a new partnership with LifeNet of New York, a community-based air medical program owned and operated by Air Methods, the leading air medical provider in the nation. Through this preferred provider agreement, LifeNet of New York will serve as NSHA's primary air medical provider, ensuring more efficient and…
MONTGOMERY— The Alabama Farmers Federation is again asking state lawmakers to allow it to sell its own health coverage to members, saying more affordable plans will save struggling farm families thousands of dollars a year in premiums and potentially increase their productivity. Preston Roberts, Alfa's director of Agricultural Legislation, said too many…
TOPEKA— Kansas organizations advocating for sustained funding for Medicaid services said hundreds of billions of dollars in proposed federal budget cuts to the national health program can be deadly to vulnerable people with disabilities as well as seniors and children. Kansas representatives from the fields of health care, disability rights, senior care…
"You can't put a value on life, but my wife's life insurance company made a pretty fair offer." I had a really crappy experience with an online health insurance company last week so I thought I'd get my frustrations out in this week's column. My favorite activity in the world is to get on the phone with unknown folks and try to straighten out insurance claims.
A bill that would likely slash health insurance coverage for tens of thousands of lower-income Idahoans through the state’ s Medicaid expansion program sparked heated debate before it passed the House by a narrow margin last week and was sent to the Senate. Jordan Redman, R-Coeur d’ Alene, fielded questions and concerns from other lawmakers— not to mention phone…
A top Republican in the U.S. Senate is questioning Medicare Advantage billing practices at UnitedHealth Group following a critical report last year from a federal watchdog agency and a Wall Street Journal article last week on a new investigation by the Justice Department. The Wall Street Journal reported Friday that the Justice Department recently…
The Senate Judiciary Committee probe is looking at UnitedHealth' s Medicare Advantage program, a privately administered version of the US Medicare health coverage plan for seniors and the disabled, the Wall Street Journal reported. The inquiry signals additional pressure on the company as Republicans in Congress weight a major tax and spending overhaul…
Children's Health Insurance Program: Families with children in CHIP would pay if they made at least 255% of the federal poverty level, which is roughly $72,500 a year. The 5% premium would be about $300 a month or $3,600 a year. The 5% translates to about $66 a month or $800 a year in client payments.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.& ATLANTA—- Royal Philips, a global leader in health technology, Amerigroup, CareSource Georgia, and Peach State Health Plan have partnered to provide remote monitoring solutions to expand access to quality healthcare for high-risk pregnancies in the state. In support of the Georgia Healthy Babies Act, the program will initially give pregnant…
eHealth, Inc. Announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2024 Results. submissions and 16% Medicare unit margin expansion in fourth quarter Ends FY'24 with highest ever commissions receivable balance of $1.0 billion. AUSTIN, Texas- February 26, 2025- eHealth, Inc., a leading private online health insurance marketplace, today announced its financial results…
Welcome to Part 7 of the series, "New to Medicare," designed to help those who will be going on Medicare for the first time soon. I want to remind readers that this series and all columns are not meant as a substitution for a one-on-one consultation with one of the licensed agents of The Health Insurance Store, nor are they written to sway your decision in enrolling in an…
2025 FEB 19– By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Health Policy and Law Daily– Investigators publish new report on Machine Learning. Financial support for this research came from Deloitte& Touche LLP, United States. We identified research studies on health insurance fraud detection using machine learning approaches from databases such as Google Scholar,…
Judge John Tunheim of the U.S. District Court of Minnesota ruled last week that federal law preempts most arguments put forward by plaintiffs in the case. UnitedHealthcare, which is the health insurance business of Eden Prairie- based UnitedHealth Group, said it believes the lawsuit is based on unfounded allegations and mischaracterizes the“ work of our…
Net loss 1 of $1 M, and adjusted operating income 1,2 of $15 M in the fourth quarter Enact reported adjusted operating income of $137 M 1 in the fourth quarter; distributed $84 M in capital returns to Genworth Completed annual assumption updates with unfavorable impacts to adjusted operating income in LTC and Life and Annuities of $52 M U.S. life insurance…
