The Connecticut Office of State Ethics will vote on Thursday whether to investigate if state Insurance Commissioner Katharine Wade infringed conflict-of-interest laws while reviewing a merger between Bloomfield, Conn.-based Cigna and Anthem, the International Business Times reported.
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In 2017, the Affordable Care Act marketplace will see a slight decrease in the number of payers participating in the federal exchange, according to a recent Kaiser Family Foundation analysis.
Hartford, Conn.-based Aenta responded to the deaths of two of its employees and a third employee who was wounded in a shooting at Orlando, Fla.-based LGBT nightclub Pulse, the Hartford Courant reported.
California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill Friday to help undocumented immigrants purchase health insurance on the state's Affordable Care Act exchange, the Los Angles Times reported.
Toronto-based digital health insurance provider League aims to expand in Seattle and North America after receiving $25 million in its first round of investor funding, GeekWire reported.
Some Idahoans may see a consecutive year of double-digit premium increases as health insurers propose an average increase of 27 percent for individual plans, the Idaho Statesman reported.
Amid growing criticism of Connecticut officials' possible conflicts of interest with a proposed Cigna-Anthem merger, Gov. Dannel Malloy signed a bill that effectively withholds any merger information from the public, according to the International Business Times.
CMS officials began inspecting a hospital in the Virgin Islands Sunday following reports of emergency room staff shortages and equipment failures, The Virgin Islands Consortium reported.
Bloomfield, Conn.-based Cigna will open its 24/7 telephone help line to anyone affected by the shooting at Orlando, Fla.-based LGBT nightclub Pulse.
The federal government is sharing awards totaling $32 million with 27 states to help efforts to enroll children in Medicaid and CHIP.