Broker Regulation

In the latest indication that the Seattle-based online retail giant is considering entering the health care space, Amazon.com Inc. is looking for a professional experienced with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.

In all, the Department of Health and Human Services will send home or furlough about half of its employees, or nearly 41,000 people, according to an HHS shutdown contingency plan released Friday. Here's a look at some of the programs affected.

More details are emerging concerning allegations of fraud and worker exploitation at Aflac reported earlier this week.

President Donald Trump has once again proposed gutting funding for the Office of National Drug Control Policy as part of his 2019 budget.

Employee benefits brokers accounted for 174 transactions, 28.8 percent of the total, nearly a 90 percent increase from 2016.

The settlement would resolve a nationwide class action lawsuit filed over, ironically, notices mailed as part of a settlement of a previous class action claiming the health insurers mail order requirement for medications violated HIV patients privacy.