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A Jacksonville, Fla.-based Blue Cross/Blue Shield insurance subsidiary agreed to acquire Pittsburgh, Pa.-based Highmark‘s Medicare subsidiary.
Walgreens, Tricare battle over rates could jeopardize drug coverage
A spat between Walgreens and U.S. Department of Defense’s Tricare pharmacy benefits program could prohibit nearly 6 million enrollees from obtaining medications from the company’s pharmacies next year.
Humana, based in Louisville, Kent., acquired a San Diego, Calif.-based health care analytics company to enhance its health care and identify cost savings.
An Indiana-based insurance company approved to sell health insurance products in Pennsylvania has been charged with small businesses “unreasonably high premium increases” after increasing rates 12%, according to federal officials.
HHS doesn’t exempt insurance agent commissions in final MLR rules
The U.S. Health and Human Services Department issued final rules for its medical loss ratio, declining the request of insurance agent trade groups and state insurance regulators to exempt agent and broker compensation.
NAIC pushes brokers’ case to feds on exempting commissions from MLRs
The organization representing state insurance commissioners is backing health insurance agents and brokers’ efforts to get their commissions removed from the formula mandating how carriers use premiums they collect
The U.S. Supreme Court did not address Virginia’s appeal of the federal health reform law during a scheduling conference Nov. 22.
U.S. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va) says President Obama‘s Medicare nominee, Marilyn Tavenner, is “eminently qualified” to run the federal program.
Health care execs focus on cost-saving project, improving efficiency
A majority (78%) of health care executives are focusing on operations to reduce costs next year, a “significant” increase in cost-savings projects since 2010, a new survey says.
New ACO model in Virginia is first Aetna plans for mid-Atlantic, U.S.
Aetna has launched Aetna Whole Health in western Va., one of its first new health benefit plan using the accountable care organization (ACO) model.
Obama to force insurers to give out birth control when employers won’t
Group representing 119 in Congress calls individual mandate illegal
Insurer fined for charging unapproved rates on students’ policies
Brokerage firm pays $3.3M for bad-mouthing insurance broker
Employee benefit offerings only as good as the discussion about them
Sponsors of 401(k)s adding features to boost participants’ investment
Mercury Insurance seeks agents, unveils new commercial auto product
Most, least expensive 2012 car models to insure announced
Two insurance agents allegedly stole $422,000 from family brokerage
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