Health Insurance
Health insurance news and analysis, with coverage of general health insurance trends, major medical insurance, disability insurance, dental insurance, vision plans, telemedicine plans, critical illness insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, short-term health insurance, the Affordable Care Act public exchange program, and more.
North Carolina Finds Precertification, Claim Processing Delays
By Allison BellThe North Carolina Department of Insurance has imposed $600,000 in fines on a health insurer in connection with recordkeeping and processing problems detected during a routine market conduct examination.
March 28, 2011
NAIC Delays MLR ActionState insurance regulators will be waiting at least 4 more weeks to act on a resolution calling for agent and broker commissions to be excluded from medical loss ratio calculations.
March 28, 2011
NAIC Task Force Exposes Working Capital Finance Note ProposalThe Valuation of Securities Task Force has agreed to expose a staff proposal that could let insurers invest assets in working capital finance note programs.
March 28, 2011
GAO: Broker Incentives Could Help Replace PPACA MandatePaying agents and brokers a flat fee per health plan enrollee - and extra for reeling in the uninsured - could help reduce the need for an Affordable Care Act individual health insurance ownership mandate.
March 27, 2011
Physician Quality Ruling Favors Blue Shield of CaliforniaA state court judge in Alameda County, Calif., has dismissed efforts by physicians and a state medical society to kill a Blue Shield of California physician quality recognition program.
March 25, 2011
Medicare Advantage Carrier Taps Wall StreetHealthSpring Inc. is in the process of raising at least $262 million by selling 7.5 million shares of common stock to the public.
March 25, 2011
Christopher Booth Rises at ExcellusChristopher Booth has become president of Excellus BlueCross BlueShield.
March 25, 2011
NASI: States, Exchanges Have to Divvy Up WorkStates may take at least three different approaches to splitting oversight work between health insurance exchanges and state insurance regulators, according to Lee Goldberg.