SecureVest Financial, a full-service broker-dealer with offices in three states, including two locations in New Jersey, has partnered with a fellow state software provider to launch a platform for private investment funds and family offices.

Four MetLife offices, including three in New York and New Jersey, were awarded Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design for Existing Buildings (LEED EB) certifications from the United States Green Building Council.

Just a little over a week after it suspended a prescription benefit provider for 21 states, the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has terminated the company’s contract, effective immediately.

Two pharmacy technicians received sentences including three years of probation for their role in a scheme to defraud Medicaid by billing for expensive HIV/AIDS prescriptions that were never dispensed.

A Jersey City, N.J., man was barred by FINRA for his mishandling of life insurance proceeds and his deceased friend’s estate.

Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey has added an exercise and healthy aging program to its 54,000 Medicare Advantage members, a move it says can help stem the tide of increasing health care costs associated with the baby boomer population.

A New York doctor was sentenced to three years in state prison for unnecessary selling prescriptions to Medicaid recipients, leading to more than $685,000 in fraudulent billings.

A Freehold, N.J.-based brokerage agency has been chosen by SII Investments to provide life, fixed annuity, long-term care, and disability income product solutions and expertise for SII representatives and their clients.

A New Jersey man was barred by FINRA for his role in a scheme netting he and another person $942,000, records show.

Amerigroup Corp., headquartered in Virginia Beach, Va., announced that it completed a deal with Centene Corp. for the assets of its University Health Plans.