Geisinger Medical Center (GMC), from Geisinger Health Plan, has received the 2009 Thomson Reuters 100 Top Hospitals National Benchmark Award. The study was released which identified the top 100 US Hospitals based on overall hospital performance according to the Geisinger website. GMC was one of 4 Pennsylvania facilities to in the top 100 list. It’s [...]
Archive for April, 2010
BCBSAL Helping You Find the Right Medicare Plan
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama offers many different Medicare options for those eligible. Their website has an easy to follow guide to help you determine which plan is best for you. They offer everything such as Medicare supplement insurance, Medicare Rx only plans, Medicare Advantage plans, and original medicare coverage. BCBSAL gives you tips [...]
Humana One Offers New Vision Plan
Humana One has unveiled a new individual vision insurance plan that can be purchased along with or separate from individual health insurance. With the introduction of this new plan Humana One is also expanding their affordable vision plans to more states. The Chief Operating Officer, Steven DeRaleau, of Humana One points out that these new [...]
Health Care Reform to Help Small Businesses
According to the article “Foster Says Health Care Helps Businesses” by Paul Dailing on suburbanchicagonews.com, the recently passed health care bill should be small business friendly. US Rep Bill Foster-D, spoke at an event recently organized by the Aurora Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and sponsored by State Farm agent Brian Pool (which offers State Farm [...]
Health Insurance Scam
A new health insurance scam has evolved out of the new health care bill that was recently signed. Opportunistic scammers have been going door-to-door, posed as Government officials in some cases, trying to scare people into purchasing phony health insurance plans. These cases have become common enough that the U.S. Health and Human Services Department [...]
COBRA Preserved in New Health Care Bill
According to the article “Health Law Preserves Cobra Plan” by Walecia Konrad on nytimes.com, the newest version of the health care reform bill leaves COBRA coverage the way it currently is formatted. Kathryn L. Bakich, a national health care compliance director for the Segal Company, a benefits consultant adds that the law may offer some [...]
Colorado Health Insurance Companies Facing Fines
According to the article “Colorado Fines Two Health Insurers” found on News In Brief on ama-assn.org, Colorado’s Division of Insurance has placed 2 fines against large health insurance plans back in March. This was based on reviews of Colorado health insurance companies’ business practices. One company was Aetna which was fined a total of $624,000 [...]
Individual Health Insurance Changing: High-Risk Health Insurance
High-risk health insurance pools are one of the first big pieces of the federal health-care overhaul. These temporary high-risk insurance pools are for people who cannot get affordable coverage because of a pre-existing condition. They will be created by late June. According to the article “High-Risk Health Insurance Pools Set to Begin in June” by [...]
Dean Health Plan Offering Outstanding Education Classes
When finding health insurance it’s important to look for a company that can offer solid benefits at competitive prices, but if you can find extra perks that’s a bonus. Dean Health Plan is one of those companies that offers perks for their members. They value educating their members through mind, body and spirit to improve [...]
