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NewsUnintended consequences: Insurers stop offering new coverage for some kids
The healthcare overhaul law, which was supposed to increase access to healthcare, may have exactly the opposite effect for some children. Later this year, the law requires insurers to accept all Read more...
Health plans tricking Facebook users into reform opposition
As FierceHealthcare readers know, health plans have turned to pressing their beneficiaries to lobbying against what they see as undesirable aspects of upcoming reform legislation. The pressure has Read more...
Kathleen Sebelius - 9 People to Watch in Healthcare
Name: Kathleen Sebelius Location: Topeka, Kansas Profession: Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services; former governor of Kansas Fast facts: Before being confirmed by the Senate as Read more...
Medicare audits find $12M in erroneous claims by dialysis centers
The feds have found $12 million in mistaken claims filed by dialysis centers in West Virginia and Delaware, two hospitals in Pennsylvania, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas and duplicate billings for Read more...
BCBS companies take aggregate 41 percent loss for 2008
It looks like last year was a serious downer for the Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans, which lost a collective 40.9 percent in income for 2008, as compared with the previous year, struggling with Read more...
Health insurers take ratings hit from Fitch on reform fears
No one's really sure how health reform will impact the health insurance industry. But it seems that as far as the financial sector is concerned, the impact isn't likely to be good. In one striking Read more...
Blue plans in five states join to share healthcare cost info
A group of five large Blue plans have come together to share healthcare cost data and allow their 48 million beneficiaries to compare costs between providers. Participants include WellPoint, Blue Read more...
BCBS MI, state attorney general, consumers at odds over rate hikes
Last week, Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) of Michigan filed a rate increase request with the state that could raise rates for individual plans by more than 70 percent. The proposed rate hikes could Read more...
Private health insurers agree to revise pricing, eligibility for pre-existing conditions
Two leading health insurance groups, The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association and America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) arguably made an effort to slow momentum for a government run health plan that Read more...
MD insurance commissioner seeks CareFirst audit
For some time now, critics in Maryland and Washington, D.C. have argued that local health plan CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield was maintaining too large a reserve to fit its non-profit mission. Now, Read more...
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