Author: Andrew Cass

Members of the House Oversight and Reform Committee convened March 29 for a hearing dubbed "Examining the Pathways to Universal Health Coverage." 

A former Anthem employee is suing the company for allegedly violating the state's labor laws. 

Wilton, Conn.-based Employee Benefit Solutions CFO Erin Verespy has been sentenced to 66 months in prison for her role in a $33 million fraud scheme. 

Georgia's insurance commissioner has fined Blue Cross Blue Shield $5 million for violations of state laws and agency rules and regulations, the commissioner's office said March 29. 

UnitedHealth Group's Optum unit has agreed to buy Lafayette, La.-based home-health firm LHC. 

Medicare's hospice regulations are not working as intended for many people with dementia, a Rutgers University sociologist told the Washington Post in a March 26 article. 

Oregon has agreed to pay $22.5 million to settle a years-long legal dispute with a company that provided care to Medicaid patients, according to a March 26 Salem Statesman Journal article. 

The National Committee for Quality Assurance honored Centene with the Innovation Award for Health Equity.

A March 24 report from the Kaiser Family Foundation found that at least 1 in 5 insulin users with private health insurance would benefit from a proposed $35 out-of-pocket spending cap. 

A data breach at a Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas subcontractor affected about 2,800 members, the company told CBS affiliate WIBW March 24.