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Connecticut's Department of Insurance is holding a public hearing Monday morning to hear testimony on a proposal by Anthem Blue Cross to raise rates by as much as 32 percent.
A New Jersey dentist has pleaded guilty to defrauding Medicaid of nearly $100,000 by billing for procedures that were not performed. Joshua Prensky of Fair Lawn entered the plea Friday in state Superior Court in Monmouth County. Prensky was employed by New Jersey Mobile Dentist of Colts Neck. The firm contracts with individual dentists to provide dental services in nursing homes and assisted ...
FAIR LAWN — A Fair Lawn dentist defrauded Medicaid of nearly $100,000 by billing for procedures that were not performed, state law enforcement officials said Friday.
July 14 (Bloomberg) -- Health Net Inc. slid as much as 20 percent in New York trading, the most in eight months, and Humana Inc . lost as much as 8 percent after the insurers lost U.S. Defense Department contracts worth up to $55.5 billion.
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — A Williamstown man denied charges Tuesday he billed Medicaid for nearly $10,000 for work with an autistic man he never actually performed. ...
The Pennsylvania Insurance Department said Friday it will conduct examinations of the state's four Blue Cross and Blue Shield insurance companies — including Independence Blue Cross of Philadelphia — to determine if any of them were engaged in anticompetitive or unfair trade practices.
July 14 (Bloomberg) -- Health Net Inc. fell 16.3 percent and Humana Inc . 4.6 percent in New York trading after the managed care companies lost Defense Department contracts worth as much as $55.5 billion.
LOS ANGELES----The Watts Healthy Farmers' Market is party ready. Decked out with row upon row of beautiful, fresh fruit and bushels of vegetables, the Market will kick off its two-year anniversary celebration today when Kaiser Permanente presents an $80,000 grant to the Sustainable Economic Enterprises of Los Angeles .
A bipartisan group of governors says the federal stimulus package helped states avoid deep budget cuts during the recession. But some at the National Governors Association convention Saturday said they're not pushing for another infusion of cash from Washington.
A New Jersey dentist has pleaded guilty to defrauding Medicaid of nearly $100,000 by billing for procedures that were not performed.
44 | Amid rising insurance costs, Obama says an overhaul is critical to restoring economic stability.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Shares of Humana Inc. and Health Net Inc. tumbled Tuesday, a day after the Pentagon decided against renewing lucrative regional military health insurance contracts with both companies.
MONMOUTH COUNTY -- A New Jersey dentist has pleaded guilty to defrauding Medicaid of nearly $100,000 by billing for procedures that were not performed. Joshua Prensky of Fair Lawn entered the plea today in state Superior Court in Monmouth County....
The House version of a health care overhaul bill would produce a deficit of $239 billion over 10 years, according to a new Congressional Budget Office estimate.
New books on the Republican senator Mitch McConnell and on the Democratic representative Henry A. Waxman explain their political paths — and may predict some of their coming moves.
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