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Anthem Blue Cross agrees to $1M fine
Anthem Blue Cross has agreed to pay a $1 million fine to the California Department of Insurance and offer new coverage to 2,330 people it dropped after they began submitting costly medical claims. It... Read more...
CA judge tells insurer not to seek $1,000 settlements
A California judge has issued a temporary restraining order against health plan Anthem Blue Cross, barring the company from offering former customers $1,000 to give up the right to file legal claims... Read more...
WellPoint proceeds with $11.8M settlement with hospitals, despite dropouts
Though nearly 20 percent of the hospitals it approached have decided not to participate, WellPoint subsidiary Anthem Blue Cross of California is proceeding with its $11.8 million class action... Read more...
Blue Shield of CA fires broker for selling CDHP with funding
In recent times, health plans in California have started to warn their brokers that it wasn't kosher to sell high-deductible plans with other forms of insurance or funding to cover the deductible.... Read more...
Health plans upset when employers help pay high deductibles
High-deductible health plans have been an extremely trendy idea of late, with the assumption being that consumers would use services more cautiously if they had to pay first-dollar coverage on their... Read more...
CA residents to get renewed health coverage
About 3,400 California consumers whose individual policies were improperly revoked will soon get invitations to rejoin their health plan. The letters are being sent out as part of a batch of... Read more...
L.A. sues Blue Shield of CA over cancellations
Engaging in yet another battle with the state's health plans, Los Angeles City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo has filed a lawsuit contending that Blue Shield of California illegally canceled the policies... Read more...
WellPoint pays hospitals $11.8M to settle bills from rescissions
Leading health plan WellPoint has agreed to pay $11.8 million to settle claims with hundreds of hospitals that it failed to pay after it dropped patients after treatment. WellPoint was sued by about... Read more...
PacifiCare restores canceled policies
Health plan PacifiCare of California has agreed to restore coverage to consumers whose individual policies, the state says, were canceled unfairly. Under the terms of its agreement with state's... Read more...
OH plans, providers share pricing and quality information
This week seems to be a big one for transparency. Not only did Cigna roll out its nationwide physician and hospital rankings program nationwide, central Ohio got into the action, too. Anthem Blue... Read more...
