by Keith Kuhn | Aug 26, 2013 | Payor
Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah has dropped out of the state’s small business health insurance Marketplace (or Exchange), known as Avenue H. Three carriers will participate, according to Steve Gooch, a spokesman for Avenue H: United Healthcare,...
by Keith Kuhn | Aug 26, 2013 | Industry
Remember how when you were a kid, and you went to spend the night at a friend’s house, you were faced with all kinds of new and different ‘rules of the house’? Maybe your friend’s parents made you eat whatever was on your plate at dinner (lima beans, anyone?), or you...
by Keith Kuhn | Aug 26, 2013 | Industry
On August 20, 2013, Apex Medical Corp. announced at a press conference its challenges to six of the seven patents that were involved in an investigation by the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), which was terminated by the ITC on August 9, as well as...
by Keith Kuhn | Aug 25, 2013 | Payor
With one month left before Obamacare health plans flood the insurance market via state exchanges, top companies are backing out of the new arrangement. United, Blue Cross, Aetna and Humana have each decided against participating in the government-run marketplace, in a...
by Keith Kuhn | Aug 24, 2013 | Payor, Provider
U.S. District Judge Joy Flowers Conti on Tuesday gave Highmark Inc. and UPMC a week to each file a notice as to who they believe has the authority to enforce a settlement agreement brokered by Gov. Tom Corbett. UPMC wants Conti to order Highmark to drop the antitrust...
