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.
The Big Health Story In 2006: Waiting For Consumers To Drive
By Allison BellRight now, health insurance brokers, insurers and policy experts are in roughly the same position they were in a year ago: looking to see ...
November 22, 2005
Blues And Visa Negotiate Debit Card PactA major insurance group and a major payment system group are joining forces. [@@]The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, Chicago, and Visa USA, ...
November 22, 2005
Dental Firm Hires MarketerDentaQuest Ventures Inc. has hired Scott Rossborough to be vice president of strategy and marketing.[@@]DentaQuest, Boston, sells dental benefit services.Rossborough previously was president of ...
November 22, 2005
FSA Grace Periods May Clash With HSA RulesThe Internal Revenue Service says some employers may face a collision between health savings account rules and flexible spending arrangement rules in early 2006.[@@]Shoshanna ...
November 22, 2005
Carrier Publishes Resources For Benefits BuyersGreat-West Healthcare is offering health brokers 2 new employer-education tools.[@@]One tool is a 21-question, Web-based assessment questionnaire. Employers can complete the questionnaire and go ...
November 22, 2005
Fake Health Plan Figure Faces March SentencingA jury has found James Graf guilty of federal fraud charges in connection with his work for Employers Mutual L.L.C., according to officials with ...
November 22, 2005
Officials Complete Health Privacy TweakThe federal agencies that regulate banks say lenders can use personal health information if a consumer is relying on disability insurance benefits or other ...
November 21, 2005
Bay State Carrier Renews Disease Management ContractBlue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts has agreed to extend and expand its relationship with American Healthways Inc.[@@]Massachusetts Blue, Boston, will be putting ...