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One in five people with a Blue Cross and Blue Shield commercial health plan filled an opioid prescription in 2015, according to a report Thursday from the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, which includes Highmark Inc. and other large national insurers. Rhonda Johnson, senior medical director in the clinical services area at Highmark.

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News– Milliman, Inc., a premier global consulting and actuarial firm, recently released the results of its 2016 U.S. Group Disability Market Survey, a comprehensive report that analyzes the employer- and employee-paid short- and long-term disability market, including insurance products, sales, and…

June 29– Ever struggle with trying to boost your credit score? That’s not necessarily true, “said John Ulzheimer, a credit expert who formerly worked for credit-scoring company FICO and credit bureau Equifax. Beginning in July, the three national credit bureaus– Equifax, Experian and TransUnion– will no longer collect and put on credit reports public records on…

Chuck Grassley expects to hear a lot about Republicans’ plans to reform health care when he continues his annual 99- county tour of Iowa during the Fourth of July congressional district work recess next week. “You have to take questions– unfriendly questions– and listen to people who disagree with you,” the Iowa Republican said Wednesday. Grassley declined to say…

June 29– Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday delayed a vote on the GOP health care bill until after the Fourth of July break. Make no mistake, Republicans are right to want to repeal and replace Obamacare, which has increased the financial burden on most middle-income Americans since its inception. We hope the Senate will take its time and make sure…

June 30– WASHINGTON– South Dakota’s U.S. senators are keeping the health care reform rhetoric optimistic, but both acknowledged President Donald Trump’s social media outbursts aren’t doing the American public any favors. Mike Rounds and John Thune expressed disappointment in Trump’s early morning attack of MSNBC personality Mika Brzezinski, noting…

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Computer Weekly News– Digital Matrix Systems, Inc., a leading risk management solution provider, announced a partnership with Systems Consulting Services, Inc. to enhance SCSI’s jBIAS on premise solution with enterprise connectivity and analytics. Ken Wayman, president and founder of SCSI, said, “We are very excited…

Texas hospitals will lose $3 billion in operating revenue under the U.S. House’s American Health Care Act, and potentially more under the U.S. Senate version awaiting debate, according to an analysis by the New York- based Commonwealth Fund foundation. Texas hospitals also face losing another $6 billion in Medicaid reimbursements under an agreement expiring…

On that side is Donna Brewer, a full-time mom and part-time community journalist in rural Jackson County not far from Vancleave, and primary caregiver for her daughter Hannah. Brewer is fighting to change the Medicaid waiver program, not as much for her daughter who has Down syndrome, but for all developmentally disabled people in South Mississippi.

The Senate bill would raise Affordable Care Act marketplace premiums $6,910 a year for a 60- year-old making $50,000 in Palm Beach County, the Kaiser Family Foundation said. “In a very real sense, the Senate bill offers you less coverage and costs you more,” said Dave Bruns, AARP Florida communications manager. With polling support for the Senate bill hovering…

June 29– PLATTSBURGH– Two years ago, Darlene Imondi was diagnosed with cancer, but she has lived to tell her story thanks to numerous treatments and therapies– all covered by Medicaid. Andrew Cuomo’s office, was one of a series of events held across the state this week to discuss the impact the U.S. House of Representative’s proposed American Health Care Act and the…

–Voya Financial, Inc., announced today that Bill Harmon will join the company as president of Retirement Corporate 401, effective tomorrow. Harmon will join CEO of Retirement Charlie Nelson’s leadership team, as well as Voya’s Operating Committee. During his 29- year tenure at Empower, the U.S. retirement business of Great-West Lifeco, he contributed to…

June 28– Schools around the country are watching as the Senate moves toward a vote on the highly controversial health care bill proposed by Senate Republicans Thursday. The Senate bill is not expected to be voted on until after the July 4 holiday because it doesn’t have the minimum number of required votes from Democrats or Republicans needed to pass, according…

Schumer Floor Remarks on the Senate GOP Trumpcare Bill and the Russia Sanctions Legislation. Washington, D.C.- U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today delivered remarks on the Senate floor regarding the need for bipartisanship in crafting health care legislation and the current state of the Russia sanctions legislation. President, from all indications, my…

BETA Healthcare Group announced today that William Scribner has been named Vice President of Business Intelligence. Dedicating resources to business intelligence and data analytics is a commitment to getting the most out of our risk management and technology investments to help achieve these goals,” said Tom Wander, Chief Executive Officer of BETA…

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News– According to news reporting originating from Washington, D.C., by VerticalNews journalists, a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing by Onebeacon Insurance Group, Ltd. was posted on June 16, 2017. A U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing is a formal document or financial statement…

“If this passes, it puts all of the progress we’ve made in Rhode Island at risk. Rhode Island is among 31 states, along with the District of Columbia, that adopted the Affordable Care Act’s expanded eligibility criteria for Medicaid, the government insurance program for low-income people and those with disabilities. About 70,000 adults without dependent…