The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) upheld a decision to award a $3.1 billion Tricare dental plan contract to a different insurer, its first change in 15 years.

Highmark is opening four more of its retail insurance stores, after about 10,000 people visited each of its two existing stores since they opened in March 2009.

Health insurer Highmark posted revenues of $13.7 billion in 2009 and nearly doubled its net income, according to new financial data.

Health insurer Highmark has announced the availability of individual dental insurance at its two direct-to-consumer stores in Pittsburgh and Mechanicsburg, Pa.

People living in Pennsylvania are among the first who can buy individual dental insurance from United Concordia Dental.

United Concordia Dental, one of the nation’s largest dental insurers, is providing a $7,500 grant to a Maryland-based organization to allow uninsured people to obtain dental care in Maryland and Pennsylvania.

United Concordia Dental gave $2,500 scholarships to two students from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Dental School.

Pittsburgh, Pa.-based health insurer Highmark says it remains “financially strong,” in light of A.M. Best shifting its outlook to “negative” for the parent company and two of its health subsidiaries.

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Dental insurer United Concordia has a new contract to provide services for nearly 113,000 eligible employees and retirees of the state of Maryland.

Under the terms of a five-year contract, the …  Read →

National dental insurer United Concordia Cos. has partnered with a Great River, N.Y.-based company for real-time claims processing.

The Harrisburg, Pa.-based dental insurer, which covers more than 7.7 million members, is …  Read →