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ALBANY, N.Y., November 27 – The Healthy NY website has a new software program to help New Yorkers determine if they are eligible for the health insurance program. Healthy NY is a state-sponsored health insurance program for working New Yorkers without health insurance.
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TRENTON, N.J., December 20 – Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, and the New Jersey state government have unveiled a plan that could provide health insurance for 15,000 more children by expanding the existing NJ FamilyCare program.
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ALBANY, N.Y., December 17 – Medicaid was improperly billed for over $1.3 million by a psychiatrist, according to an audit released by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. On eight separate occasions, the psychiatrist billed Medicaid for treatments lasting more than 24 hours in a single day and for patients that he never treated.
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ALBANY, N.Y., December 3 – Four health care facilities are under investigation by for submitting inflated insurance claims to the states Empire Plan, allegedly costing taxpayers $8 million, according to New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli. The health care providers have been inappropriately waiving the out-of-pocket costs for medical services provided to state and local government employees, DiNapoli said.
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ALBANY, N.Y., November 26 – Three more health insurers have reached agreements with Attorney General Andrew Cuomo to adopt his Doctor Ranking Model, and New Yorks top legislative leaders will pass legislation to codify the model in order to protect consumers.
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TRENTON, N.J., November 20 – Legislation to increase the death benefits in group life insurance policies for volunteer firemen to $25,000 cleared an Assembly committee and could be voted on in the next month.
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ALBANY, N.Y., November 13 – Aetna, the third largest health insurer in the country with over 16 million members nationwide, has become the second insurer to adopt New York State Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomos model for doctor ranking, and is the first in the country to apply it.
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NEW YORK, N.Y., November 7 – The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, and QualCare, Inc., have entered into a new PPO network agreement in New Jersey.
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MONTPELIER, Vt., November 6 – National Life Insurance Company, a member of National Life Group, has introduced NaviStar, a new universal life product.
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ALBANY, N.Y., October 30 – CIGNA HealthCare will enhance its doctor ranking program, fully disclosing to consumers and physicians all aspects of its ranking system, under an agreement made with Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo.
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TRENTON, N.J., October 22 – The states six largest Health Maintenance Organizations got their report cards from the state, and didnt do badly in preventive care and treatment last year.
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TRENTON N.J., October 16 – The Insurance Department is proposing to alter rules and regulations on selling life insurance in New Jersey as well as updating its 30-year-old life insurance buyers guide for the public.
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ALBANY, N.Y., October 4 – Nearly half (42 percent) of Americans would be willing to pay higher taxes for everyone to have health insurance, a new Aspen Institute/Zogby Poll shows. When asked if they would be willing to pay higher taxes so that all children could have health insurance, 51 percent of Americans said they would, with those with lower household incomes showing the most support.
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ALBANY, N.Y., October 1 – Eight states, including New York, have threatened to file a lawsuit against the Bush Administration for violating provisions of the federal State Childrens Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), which is designed to provide affordable health coverage for children in families that cannot afford to buy private health insurance.
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WARWICK, R.I., September 27 – AmWINS Group Benefits has introduced an international medical plan for multinational institutions with overseas workforces.
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These days, no news cycle goes by without a story on health care. To be sure, this is the run-up " albeit an exceptionally long one " to a presidential election. But its not just the candidates and its not just all talk. Americans identify health care as one of their most pressing concerns. And a considerable majority say they are in favor of universal care, though exactly what they mean by that varies.
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ALBANY, N.Y., September 12 – Superintendent Eric Dinallo today announced the formation of the New York State Insurance Department Elder Protection Unit. The unit will provide support and protection for the elderly in dealing with insurance and related concerns.
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A letter from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services that outlines new guidelines for states seeking to expand eligibility of their SCHIP programs has ignited a battle between the states and the Bush Administration.
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ALBANY, N.Y., September 10 – Governor Eliot Spitzer today met with members of New Yorks congressional delegation to plan the states next steps in a campaign to oppose a Bush Administration ruling that sets certain guidelines for states wishing to expand eligibility for the State Childrens Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). The governor met with Congresswoman Nita Lowey, Congressman Edolphus Towns, Congressman Jerrold Nadler, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney and Congressman Gregory Meeks.
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ALBANY, N.Y., September 7 – The first of six public hearings to be held across New York State was held on September 5 in Glens Falls in connection with Governor Eliot Spitzers Partnership for Coverage initiative to make affordable, patient-centered health care available to all New Yorkers.
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ALBANY, N.Y., August 28 – New York State paid $10 million for home care and transportation services that were likely not provided, according to two audits by state Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli.
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A variety of health care initiatives have been cropping up all around the country, all attempting to deal with the uninsured, estimated by most experts as somewhere around 45 million people.
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ALBANY, N.Y., August 22 – Ten home health aides, two registered nurses, and a Medicaid recipient have been convicted by Attorney General Andrew Cuomo through his offices Operation: Home Alone probe, which investigates the multi-billion dollar home health care industry.
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ALBANY, N.Y., August 16 – Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo has issued warnings to Aetna and Cigna Healthcare, which includes United Healthcare, stating that their physician ranking programs, as currently designed, are likely to confuse or even deceive consumers. In letters to the insurers, Cuomo expressed concern about the design of the programs and requested a full justification for them.
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