Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana’s pending sale to Elevance Health, if approved, will not lead to layoffs or office closures, says Dr. Steven Udvarhelyi, the local company’s president and CEO.
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said Wednesday that he has vetoed two bills dealing with insurance because he thinks they would increase the cost of health care.
Jelly Bean Communications Design reached a $293,771 settlement to resolve False Claims Act allegations that it knowingly provided deficient security controls to Florida Healthy Kids Corp., which caused the second largest reported healthcare data breach of 2021.
A bill sponsored by Rep. Tina Orwall (D-Kent) would improve Washingtonians’ access to hearing devices by requiring health plans to provide coverage for them.
After years of legislation limiting lawsuits against property insurance companies, Gov. Ron DeSantis and Republican leaders are preparing to spread those limits to other lines of insurance, such as automobile, life, liability and health.
Bills filed in the House and Senate would allow Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina to transfer at least some assets to a new nonprofit holding company that could operate without many regulatory constraints imposed by state law.