by Keith Kuhn | Mar 24, 2014 | Payor
Health insurer Highmark Inc. has been skinnying down, shedding 260 employees during the past month as the company adapts to a dynamic market. “What’s driving it is the changing business environment, and it’s about building a high-performance culture,” spokesman Aaron...
by Keith Kuhn | Mar 23, 2014 | Payor
State Auditor Monica Lindeen announced Thursday that her office levied a $250,000 fine on the “old” pre-merger Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Montana, for market-conduct violations from 2006-2010. Lindeen’s office said the fine, paid last week, was the largest of its...
by Keith Kuhn | Mar 22, 2014 | Reimbursement
Last week’s proposal to expand competitive bidding nationwide was likely a rude awakening for HME providers who have been sitting on the sidelines thinking that the program wouldn’t directly affect them, say stakeholders. “Many folks thought it was going to crash and...
by Keith Kuhn | Mar 22, 2014 | Industry
This week AAHomecare announced a new communications campaign designed to directly reach out to consumers and rally them behind AAHomecare’s advocacy efforts. The Association will be working on the campaign with Lisa Wells of Get Social and Anna McDeavit of Laboratory...
by Keith Kuhn | Mar 21, 2014 | Payor
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield has announced the following hospitals participating as preferred health-care providers for Anthem insurance plans that are part of the new federal Health Insurance Marketplace (exchange) in northern Ohio. They include the Surgical...
