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Insurers to notify members of rate hike requests
In an unusually concessionary move between insurance companies and the officials who regulate them, insurers in Connecticut have agreed to notify members with individual and small group policies when
State angers insurers with in-depth rate review audits
Insurers operating in New York likely will face scrutiny after the state announced new audits that will question the underlying data and actuarial assumptions used to justify rate hikes. The audits,
HHS rate review unfairly targets small insurers
Small health insurance companies are worried that the federal government's increased scrutiny over premium increases could run them out of business, reported the Chicago Tribune . The Department of
HHS finds first unreasonable rate hike
An insurer in Philadelphia is in the line of fire after the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) found its proposed rate increase "unreasonable." Everence Insurance's plan to raise rates
Can bad publicity lower premiums?
As of Thursday, the spotlight is on insurers that want to raise their rates by 10 percent or more as the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) began its federal oversight of the rate
HHS takes over rate reviews in 10 states
The Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) will be reviewing health insurer requests to raise premiums in 10 states that aren't adequately policing rates. Insurers looking to raise health
Rate hikes won't trigger public hearings in Connecticut
Health insurers in Connecticut can breathe a sigh of relief now that they won't be subjected to a public review process before increasing premium rates. Gov. Dannel Malloy vetoed legislation that
HHS hopes to pressure insurers into lowering rate hikes
Health insurers seeking to raise premium rates by 10 percent or more will face increased scrutiny under a final rule released by the Department of Health and Human Services. The rule attempts to
Regence wants 22 percent rate hike
Regence Blue Cross Blue Shield wants to raise premiums by 22 percent for 59,000 individual customers, but it first must appear at a rare public hearing addressing the rate request. In its rate filing
SPOTLIGHT: Rule could trigger up to 1,400 more rate reviews per year
The new proposed insurance rate review regulations could lead to reviews of about 40 percent of the increase requests in the small group market and 60 percent of the requests in the individual
