The association representing Maryland’s doctors says legislation is necessary to prevent insurers from using what they describe as “tricks” on them.

National health insurer Aetna will offer individual health insurance to Costco members in nine states, including Pennsylvania and Virginia.

Officials at a Pennsylvania hearing this week questioned how Highmark‘s $475 million acquisition of West Penn Allegheny Health System (WPAHS), a struggling hospital network, would affect its financial solvency and in-state competition.

Highmark‘s CEO, Kenneth Melani, was fired over the weekend, two days after being put on administrative leave over his alleged role in a domestic dispute involving his girlfriend’s husband.

The U.S. Justice Department is forcing Humana and Arcadian Management Services to divest themselves of Arcadian’s Medicare Advantage business in parts of five states to secure approval of Humana’s acquisition.

Several heath plans have experienced significant growth in several segments, according to a preliminary report on 750 U.S. health plans’ annual financial statements for 2011.

The federal health reform law, a landmark piece of legislation passed by the Democratic-controlled Congress and President Barack Obama two years ago today (March 23), has delivered on its promise to change health care in the U.S.

Three men from Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., were arrested Feb. 29 for allegedly cheating health insurance companies of $3 million about two years after they were charged in one of the largest alleged Ponzi schemes in history.

Kaiser Permanente is expanding the services it provides to members in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C., with several new multi-specialty facilities and expanded medical centers opening over the next two years.

The New Jersey Association of Health Underwriters (NJAHU) is hosting the 2012 State of the State: the New Landscape of Health Care in New Jersey March 7 at the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital courtyard in New Brunswick, N.J.