With an extension of benefits under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) removed from a comprehensive jobs bill in the U.S. House, future health coverage for the unemployed remains unresolved going into the Memorial Day weekend.

The president and chief executive officer of Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey received a 59% pay hike from 2008 to 2009, taking home $8.7 million last year.

The owner of a now closed Newark, N.J., mental health and substance abuse counseling center is facing three counts of fraud, accused of collecting hundreds of thousands of dollars through improper Medicaid claims.

Independence Blue Cross will compensate its in-network doctors with a pay-for-performance model, a move it says will save money while improving the quality of health care.

A bill mandating health insurers to increase their coverage of orthotic and prosthetic devices has cleared one legislative hurdle in Delaware.

After months of negotiations on a new deal regarding reimbursement rates, New York-based Stellaris Health Network said it can “no longer subsidize the record profits” of Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield and will end its contract with the health plan.

An executive at a Gainesville, Fla.-based insurer must repay his firm $600,000 and step down after an affiliate transaction between two businesses he owns.

Applauding federal health reform as a “landmark piece of legislation,” Delaware’s insurance commissioner voiced support for retaining the independence of state regulators, but also sees issues to address in the coming weeks and months.

A New York-based automobile insurer will pay out $992,000 to customers it overcharged and pay a $360,000 fine for improperly imposing a 30% rate hike.

A group of 35 registered nurses from New Jersey and Pennsylvania are suing Horizon Blue Cross and Blue Shield, accusing the insurer of underpaying them by $4.5 million over the last few years for their work as surgical assistants.