Voluntary Benefits

The Blue Cross and Blue Shield carrier told California providers that maintaining accurate practice information is a contractual requirement.

David Feinberg, SVP of Risk & Insurance at Justworks, discusses how successful small businesses are navigating this landscape, the strategies that are delivering real results (versus mere industry hype), and the critical questions owners must ask their brokers as renewal season quickly approaches.

The superintendent of the Maine Bureau of Insurance has issued a bulletin telling health plans that a plan must open up its provider network gates when any care provider wants to refer an enrollee to an in-network specialist or other in-network care provider.

The state's insurance commissioner says the carrier's staff seemed to "willfully misinterpret our questions" and "dismiss our concerns."

The proposed change could save 7,049 HRA and ICHRA sponsors from the notice requirements.

Senate Democrats predict that the firms would earn "significant profits" from administering new and expanded health accounts.