Aetna names chief medical officer
Hartford health insurer Aetna said it has hired Dr. Harold L. Paz as executive vice president and chief medical officer. Paz, who will join Aetna from his position as CEO …
WellCare Acquires Certain Assets from Healthfirst New Jersey
WellCare Health Plans, Inc. announced that its New Jersey subsidiary has completed the acquisition of Medicaid assets from Healthfirst Health Plan of New Jersey, Inc. (Healthfirst NJ). The acquired assets …
Blue Cross Michigan wants to appeal hidden fees case again
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan plans to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to look at a case that’s likely to cost the insurer millions of dollars. Blue Cross is …
PA: 9 Insurers Sign up for Private Medicaid
Gov. Tom Corbett’s administration said Friday that insurers are showing strong interest in the Republican’s plan to extend private health insurance to hundreds of thousands of working poor and pay …
Strategy shift for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina has shuffled around its organizational structure, consolidating various parts of its business under more defined groupings. The move comes as the state’s …
Skyrocketing salaries for health insurance CEOs
If health insurance companies announce big premium increases on policies for 2015, I hope regulators, lawmakers and the media will look closely at whether they are justified, especially in light …
Highmark Changes CEOs After Less Than 2 Years
There’s a big management change coming at Highmark. Out is Dr. Will Winkenwerder, who has served as president and CEO for the last two years, and in is David Holmberg, …
UnitedHealth to cover more states
UnitedHealth Group Inc., once leery of Obamacare’s new health insurance exchanges, is starting new plans in at least two states as competition grows stiffer in the government-run marketplaces. In Washington …