by Keith Kuhn | Jul 16, 2013 | Payor, Regulations
As California prepares to launch its health care exchange, consumer groups are worried the uninsured could fall victim to fraud, identity theft or other crimes at the hands of some of the very people who are supposed to help them enroll. The exchange, known as Covered...
by Keith Kuhn | Jul 16, 2013 | Payor
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina periodically shares the private personal and health information of hundreds of thousands of clients with a third-party company that designs the insurance company’s software system, documents and interviews show. Internal...
by Keith Kuhn | Jul 15, 2013 | Payor
The former state police superintendent who waged an unsuccessful campaign for Congress last year has been hired by Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island to investigate health care fraud. Blue Cross on Thursday announced that Brendan Doherty will serve as...
by Keith Kuhn | Jul 15, 2013 | Payor
What’s “fair and affordable?” Well, of course, it depends on who’s talking. But “fair and affordable” and “reasonable” are words getting a lot of play these days by the unlikely couple of Highmark Inc. and the Service Employees International Union as Blair...
by Keith Kuhn | Jul 15, 2013 | Beneficiary, Regulations
This month, Medicare made a change aimed at saving taxpayers billions of dollars. But community pharmacists say it could wind up putting patients at risk and result in more waste. Nancy Porter is well enough to come to Sigler Pharmacy in Lawrence to get her diabetic...
