NU Online News Service, Sept. 26, 5:10 p.m. – J. Robert Wooley, Louisiana’s acting insurance commissioner, says he has moved AmCare Health Plans of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, into rehabilitation because the company is insolvent.
AmCare is the second smallest of the eight health maintenance organizations operating in the state, according to the Louisiana Department of Insurance.
All 15,461 AmCare members will lose AmCare coverage Sept. 30, but all of them will immediately be picked up by other plans, the Louisiana department says.
UnitedHealthcare of Louisiana, Inc., a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group Inc., Minnetonka, Minn., has agreed to cover 9,102 commercial members, and another 6,165 members have access to other coverage options.