Blue Cross, Blue Shield of Florida has opened a new Tallahassee center for their customers. With this opening, BCBSFL will have eight facilities in the state based on the news article from ABC 27 in Florida. The new facility is located on Apalachee Parkway and the community should benefit from the new jobs to help [...]
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Florida Health Insurance Enrollment Down
Florida health insurance has experienced another drop in enrollment for commercial policies according to the article “Health Insurance Coverage Continues to Drop in Florida” found on OrlandoSentinel.com. Commercial policies include individual health insurance as well as small group policies. This drop is unfortunate, but not too much of a surprise since economic times continue to [...]
Florida Health Choices Program
The Florida Health Choices Program was first conceived in 2008, and Florida legislators are finally hoping that the health plan for small businesses in Florida launches in July of next year (2012). The program essentially sets up an “exchange like” marketplace where employers and consumers would have a single point of access to compare health [...]
Quality Health Plan to Shut Doors
Quality Health Plan, a Florida Medicare HMO with 10,000 has been ordered into liquidation after failing to maintain appropriate levels of claims reserves and being unable to raise the necessary funds. Existing members of Quality Health Plan will be moved over to a yet unnamed Medicare health plan in the state, by December 1. The [...]
Top Medicare Health Plans In Florida
A great ranking of the top Medicare Health Plans in Florida can be found at http://www.medicarehealthplan.org/medicare-advantage/plan-ratings/florida.htm. These rankings were developed by the NCQA, and published in a very user friendly way here. To summarize, the top Florida Medicare Health Plans are 1. Capital Health Plan 2. Health First Health Plan 3. AvMed Health Plans 4. [...]
National Debt Debate Threatens Health Insurance for Some
The national debt debate has taken over the nation and the headlines and Democrats and Republicans try to reach an agreement on how best to attack America’s growing debt problem. Many people are concerned that the focus is misplaced and what we should really be worried about is the cuts that are being proposed. Specifically [...]
Florida Health Insurance Companies Owe Big Time
Florida health insurance companies overstated how much money they spent on patient care and owe the state health officials a lot of money. Some experts are estimating they owe Florida about $3.1 million in refunds for the government’s health care plan for children. This information came out in a recent federal report and is quite [...]
Molina Healthcare Insurance Purchases Abri
According to the news release on the Molina Healthcare Insurance website, Molina has purchased Abri Health Plan and they have announced Molina Healthcare of Wisconsin, Inc. Stephen Harris, president of Molina Healthcare Wisconsin, says he’s excited to be part of Molina. They have established themselves as a leader in healthcare by offering quality healthcare in [...]
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida Ranks High
Florida health insurance received some good news earlier this year when JD Power Associates ranked Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida with the highest member satisfaction among commercial health plans in the region. According to the press release on PR News Wire, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida (BCBSFL), this is the third year they have [...]
Louisiana Health Insurance: Opting Out of Exchanges
Louisiana is opting out of creating health insurance exchanges at the state level which is part of the new federal healthcare bill according to Bruce Greenstein of Health and Hospitals. The article “Louisiana to Opt Out of Health Insurance Exchanges in Federal Law” by Jan Moller found on Nola.com details the factors behind their decision. [...]
