Health Plans

The hidden perks no health plan administrator is going to tell you about, according to ehealthinsurance.com!

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Council members Monday made changes to the health plan for new hires to the city’s payroll.New employees hired after Jan. 1, who are eligible, will have to pay for family health coverage. The city will continue to pay for the employee’s individual health coverage, officials said.

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Amerigroup, a multi-state managed healthcare company in the US, has terminated its agreement to purchase certain assets of University Health Plan, a wholly owned subsidiary of Centene, related to its New Jersey Medicaid line of business.

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You may not feel like you had much input in Christine Gregoire’s cut-happy budget–particularly if you’re a beneficiary of, say, the General Assistance Program or the Basic Health Plan. Nevertheless, … Continue reading “Help Christine Gregoire Select Her Budget Talking Points”

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Senior Care Action Network Health Plan Arizona, a nonprofit Medicare Advantage Plan, recently partnered with Dependable Medical Transportation Services to train more than 60 seasoned van drivers about what it feels like to actually “walk in the shoes of a senior.”

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A county councilman had criticized low first month enrollment Stung by criticism from a County Council member that Howard County’s new health access plan has enrolled too few residents, officials are refocusing their efforts to find more people who qualify.

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If you have questions about the practices of your managed-care coverage, ask the experts at the state Department of Managed Health Care. They take up issues ranging from difficulties getting an appointment to the denial of a doctor’s recommendation for treatment. Last November, I went to the emergency room because I had a severe migraine. At the time of the visit, I had a primary and a …

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When state lawmakers return to the Capitol on Wednesday, they’ll be greeted with the daunting task of having to fix the largest budget shortfall in recent Connecticut memory.

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Saturday, January 3 SHAFTSBURY — The town will be moving to a high-deductible health plan for its employees as part of an ongoing effort to control costs. Select Board Chairman Lon McClintock said the costs of the current plan had gotten too high to bear. “If we kept our current plan, that would result in a 16 percent increase in our premiums,” McClintock said.

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JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - The Johnstown Chiefs failed in another comeback attempt on Saturday night as they fell to the Cincinnati Cyclones 4-2 at the UPMC Health Plan Ice Rink at the Cambria County War Memorial.

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