Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler fined Regence BlueCross BlueShield and Asuris Northwest Health $750,000 each for violating insurance regulations related to consumer access and delayed claims reimbursement to providers, reports The Washington Times.
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Financial statements from Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Northwest, Regence BlueCross BlueShield and Providence Health Plan show significant market gains in the first half of 2016, reports Portland Business Journal.
HHS has released a report showing that people who purchase plans on government exchanges in 2017 can still pay affordable monthly premiums, even if all final rates increased by double digits.
Premera Blue Cross and MultiCare Health System in Tacoma, Wash., have signed a three-year, value-based contract, reports The Spokesman-Review.
Kentucky Governor Mat Bevin submitted an updated waiver proposal to the federal government in an effort to curb public criticism of the state's proposed Medicaid expansion plan, according to the Lexington Hearld-Leader.
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Children needing coverage for around-the-clock medical attention may be placed on a waiting list, as North Carolina ceased adding children to a Medicaid waiver program Monday, The News & Observer reported.
On Monday, Emergency Medical Services and law enforcement in Cabell County, W.Va., responded to 26 heroin overdoses in the span of five hours. The spike in overdoses taxed EMS resources and extended wait times at local hospitals, according to WSAZ…
Republican gubernatorial candidate Frank Edelblut said Medicaid expansion locks individuals in poverty and deters healthy adults from seeking work, the New Hampshire Union Leader reported.
Minnesota hospital psychiatric units are housing hundreds of psychiatric patients for extended periods of time due to a lack of places to transport them once stabilized, the StarTribune reported.
CMS released data indicating per-enrollee medicals costs in the individual market remained almost unchanged between 2014 and 2015, suggesting a year-over-year improvement of the Affordable Care Act's individual risk pool.