Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton (D) chose his senior policy adviser Lauren Gilchrist and state Sen. Kathy Sheran (DFL-Mankato) to sit on the board of directors for MNsure, the state's health insurance exchange, the Pioneer Press reports.
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Detroit-based Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan joined 35 Blues plans to provide a value-based program for large, self-funded organizations with out-of-state employees, Crain's Detroit Business reports.
The New Hampshire Insurance Department reported commercial health insurer reimbursements for substance use disorder were lower than reimbursements paid by Medicare, the New Hampshire Union Leader reports.
The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation announced Friday health insurance premiums will increase an average of 19 percent next year, the South Florida Business Journal reports.
The Illinois Department of Insurance confirmed jilted Land of Lincoln policyholders will be able to seek cash from the failed insurer's estate after it ceases operations Sept. 30, reports Chicago Tribune.
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In its Annual Insurance Update 2016, the Kansas Health Institute found 10.5 percent of Kansas residents were uninsured in 2014 — the Affordable Care Act's first full year — down from 12.3 percent in 2013.
Lewiston, Maine-based Community Health Options will pull out of New Hampshire's health insurance market next year to concentrate on its Maine market, according to the New Hampshire Insurance Department.
Valhalla, N.Y.-based Westchester Medical Center Health Network and Hartford, Conn.-based Aetna agreed to continue covering patients through their health network, the Poughkeepsie Journal reports.
Atlanta-based Piedmont Healthcare and Hartford, Conn.-based Aetna signed a contract providing Aetna members coverage at all Piedmont facilities and clinics through Feb. 28, 2019.
Coordinated care organizations in Oregon — which oversee Medicaid funds and services for the state — will face increasing earnings limits this year, according to The Register-Guard.