Former Georgia Insurance Commissioner pleads guilty to health care fraud scheme, USAO says
Former Georgia State Insurance Commissioner John W. Oxendine pleaded guilty to charges of entering a conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud on Friday.
According to the announcement by the US Department of Justice, Oxendine and a co-conspirator referred unnecessary medical tests to a lab company in Texas to enrich themselves through...
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Change Healthcare service outage
Due to a recent cybersecurity issue with a health care information technology company, a system some pharmacies use to process prescriptions is temporarily offline. If you go to one of these pharmacies, you may experience a delay in filling...
FTC Sends Nearly $100 Million in Refunds to Consumers Harmed by Benefytt Technologies’ Sham Health Plans
The Federal Trade Commission is sending nearly $100 million in refunds to consumers who were charged for sham health plans marketed by Benefytt Technologies.
According to the FTC’s August 2022 complaint, Benefytt and its third-party partners operated a series of deceptive websites that targeted...
I Took A Corporate Job For Health Insurance. It Was Awful.
This story was supported by the journalism non-profit the Economic Hardship Reporting Project.
The breaking point came in a one-on-one. My manager looked distressed. He told me the...
Narayana Health gets Irdai nod to launch health insurance business | Company News
The company runs one of the largest hospital chains under the brand name of Narayana Hospital.
In a press release, IRDAI said, “Insurance Regulatory & Development Authority of India (IRDAI) in its 124th meeting held on December 28, 2023, has granted a Certificate of Registration to a new health insurer...
Majority of debtors to US hospitals now people with health insurance | US healthcare
People with health insurance may now represent the majority of debtors American hospitals struggle to collect from, according to medical billing analysts.
This marks a...
California becomes first state to offer health insurance to all undocumented immigrants
California will welcome the new year by becoming the first state to offer health insurance for all undocumented immigrants.
Starting Jan. 1, all undocumented immigrants, regardless of age, will qualify for Medi-Cal, California’s version of...
Why Long-Term Care Insurance Falls Short for So Many
For 35 years, Angela Jemmott and her five brothers paid premiums on a long-term care insurance policy for their 91-year-old mother. But the policy does not cover home health aides whose assistance allows her to stay in her Sacramento, California, bungalow, near the friends and neighbors she loves. Her...