by Keith Kuhn | Sep 29, 2013 | Government
North Carolina health officials have cleared local social service agencies to help the public shop for subsidized insurance under the Affordable Care Act. The local health departments are bracing for an influx of people seeking help and advice on Oct. 1, the beginning...
by Keith Kuhn | Sep 27, 2013 | Payor
Health Net, Inc. today announced the appointment of Mike Klimansky as administrator of Health Net Access, Inc., the company’s new subsidiary providing Medicaid benefits to Maricopa County, Ariz. residents. Klimansky’s career in health plan and health care...
by Keith Kuhn | Sep 26, 2013 | Industry
In 2009, Tomer Shoval went on vacation with his family to Mexico, which unfortunately ended on a sour note — and one with which many travelers can empathize — they all got sick. Back in the U.S. several months later, Shoval and his wife started receiving a series of...
by Keith Kuhn | Sep 26, 2013 | Payor
It’s business as usual in the public battle between UPMC and Highmark two weeks after state officials told the health giants to tone down their advertising and issue a joint statement addressing concerns of seniors. The biting television commercials continue to...
by Keith Kuhn | Sep 25, 2013 | Government
A Beaver County woman forged signatures of doctors and other medical providers to bilk Medicare out of $200,000 in reimbursements, federal prosecutors said. A federal grand jury on Tuesday indicted Mary Monica Wilson-Lefler, 62, of Economy on a charge of health care...
