A medical billing clerk for a Queens, N.Y., physician’s office faces charges of grand larceny and insurance fraud amid accusations she stole $61,500 through filing phony claims.

UnitedHealthcare and Continuum Health Partners have reached a multi-year agreement to keep the health system’s four hospitals within the insurer’s network.

In what he is calling a “historic” lawsuit, Connecticut’s attorney general has filed suit against Health Net of Connecticut for a data breach jeopardizing the personal information of 446,000 of its members.

A New York City-based non-profit insurance exchange, one of the few in the nation, is celebrating its 10th anniversary, saying it now provides health insurance to more than 3,500 small businesses and nonprofit organizations in metropolitan New York.

Group Health Cooperative and Health Alliance Plan topped the list of HMOs with fewest problems for members in a Consumer Reports survey conducted every other year.

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Recognizing in part the companies’ market presence and brand name recognition, A.M. Best has upgraded the ratings of two of UnitedHealth Group‘s subsidiaries in New York and New Jersey.

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A Gloucester County, N.J., woman was sentenced to five years of probation after cheating her ex-husband’s health insurance company out of more than $13,000.

Catherine Gassler, 54, of Monroeville, must also …  Read →