As health care premiums rise, Corpus Christi’s businesses and individuals must adapt their budgeting strategies to manage increased expenses in group health insurance effectively.
INN Insider News
A major health insurance company is backing off of a controversial plan to limit coverage of anesthesia in at least one state, according to Connecticut’s comptroller. Why it matters: Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield recently decided to "no longer pay for anesthesia care if the surgery or procedure goes beyond an arbitrary time limit, regardless of how long the surgical procedure…
Police in New York City continued gathering evidence as they searched for the gunman who shot and killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
It is interesting to note that insurers in Europe and Australia may already be off to a faster start than other territories. In the case of the European Union, this may be due to the fact that insurers face an increasingly stringent and complex regulatory environment. As a result, insurers in Europe and Australia may have a slight head start when it comes to…
"It's truly become an arms race," said Shane Riedman, president of anti-fraud analytics at Verisk. "Verisk has and we continue to invest in developing and applying technologies that can rapidly identify these frauds," he said. " Attestiv CEO Nicos Vekiarides said that while the insurance industry should be proud of how many claims are settled on photos alone as more…
“It wasn’t me. I didn’t kill him,” said Rita Baker, 88, when I told her I was calling about the Wednesday morning murder of Brian Thompson, the 50-year-old chief executive of American health care juggernaut UnitedHealthcare, by a masked assassin who shot the millionaire Minnesotan three times across the street from his Manhattan hotel, then…
Rolling Stone weighed in on what those who check into Twitter or TikTok have probably already noticed: Social Media Has Little Sympathy for Murdered Health Insurance Exec. At this point, there is comparatively little new news about the killing of UnitedHealth’s Brian Thompson in Manhattan even though it’s over a full day since the event.1…
After a fatal targeted shooting in Manhattan, UnitedHealth Group lost a 20-year veteran, Brian Thompson, who was the CEO of the company’s medical insurance segment. The company was in the midst of its annual investor day when this incident took place. UnitedHealth Group has maintained its near term outlook, taking into account the Change Healthcare cyberattack impact. UNH stock…
UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, 50, was shot just before 7 a.m. near a hotel in midtown Manhattan.
Bitcoin surpassed the $100,000 mark for the first time on Thursday, fueled by expectations that the newly elected Republican President Donald Trump will create a cryptocurrency-friendly regulatory environment. As of 9:30 PM ET, Bitcoin was trading at $102,724, up 7.1 percent from its previous session.
Wegovy and similar injectable weight-loss drugs called GLP-1s can cost more than $1,000 a month, but New Jersey is not one of a dozen states where people on Medicaid can get it covered for weight control.
Wednesday’s shocking murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson unleashed a wave of social media-fueled rage against health insurers, with posters lashing out over coverage denials and other business practices. Why it matters: Experts say the lack of sympathy may reflect an inherent truth about Americans and their health plans: People tend to like their own insurer but distrust…
MAPLE GROVE, Minn.— Brian Thompson was a mainstay on UnitedHealth Group’ s leadership team, working up the ranks over two decades to become one of the most powerful health insurance executives in the country. Those who knew him struggled to process the news Wednesday that Thompson, chief executive of the company’ s UnitedHealthcare division, had been shot and…
As Americans continue to reel from three years of high inflation, the Republican sweep of Congress and the White House has rekindled debate regarding potential reforms to the Federal Reserve. Although details of its operation have been tweaked over the years, it has not undergone significant reform or modernization since Congress created it in 1913,…
NEW YORK- UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was fatally shot on a Midtown Manhattan sidewalk early Wednesday morning in what police called a premeditated ambush that sent them on a manhunt for the unidentified gunman, who fled the area on a bicycle and was last seen heading into Central Park. The health insurance executive from Minnesota was walking…
Florida leads the nation in Obamacare enrollment after a month of open enrollment. Data released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services show that 1,458,792 Florida residents signed up for insurance coverage through the “Marketplace” for 2025. The Marketplace, obtainable through Healthcare.gov, is where customers can compare health plans and provides enrollment…
Loeffler is a former finance executive who is currently the co-chair of Trump’s inaugural committee. She represented Georgia in the Senate from 2020 to 2021.
UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, 50, was shot just before 7 a.m. near a hotel in midtown Manhattan.
UnitedHealthCare CEO Brian Thompson, 50, who went to high school in Jewell and was a UI grad, was mourned Wednesday after a NYC shooting took his life
