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CMS Releases Risk Pool Grant Rule
By Staff WriterThe federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has completed work on a regulation that affects the state-sponsored pools that insure residents who have difficulty ...
April 24, 2008
Senate Passes Genetic Information BillMembers of the Senate voted 95-0 Thursday for H.R. 493, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act.The bill, which would bar employers and health insurers from discriminating ...
April 24, 2008
Court Updates Bankruptcy Court ProceduresThe U.S. Supreme Court briefly mentions insurers in amendments to the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure.The court released the amendments Wednesday when it sent courtesy ...
April 24, 2008
AHIP Speaks Up For Special Needs PlansAmerica's Health Insurance Plans is asking Congress to lift the constraints it has placed on Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans.The Medicare Advantage SNP program gives ...
April 24, 2008
Court Updates Bankruptcy Court ProceduresThe U.S. Supreme Court briefly mentions insurers in amendments to the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure.The court released the amendments Wednesday when it sent courtesy ...
April 24, 2008
Firms Team To Sell Senior Health LeadsProspectZone Inc. and Precision Senior Marketing L.L.C. say they are working together to market information about older consumers who want health insurance.ProspectZone, Chicago, focuses on ...
April 24, 2008
Firms Team To Sell Senior Health LeadsProspectZone Inc. and Precision Senior Marketing L.L.C. say they are working together to market information about older consumers who want health insurance.ProspectZone, Chicago, focuses on ...
April 24, 2008
BB&T Insurance To Expand In CaliforniaBB&T Insurance Services has agreed to buy the insurance operations of UnionBanCal Corp.BB&T Insurance is an arm of BB&T Corp., Raleigh, N.C., that sells employee ...