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14+ hour, 41+ min ago (154+ words) Buffalo News Javascript is required to use this website. A Walmart in Pico Rivera, Calif. is seen in 2025. Lawmakers want to revive an expired law that would require California to identify companies that employ 100 or more people and have employees…...
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1+ week, 5+ day ago (134+ words) Buffalo News Javascript is required to use this website. Signs for former Obamacare health insurance plans are seen in 2023 in Columbia, S.C. Affordable Care Act insurers are again pitching steep premium increases. The Bills were initially cool to development around the…...
Prospectus: Why the time was right for Independent Health to affiliate with MVP Health Care
5+ mon, 1+ day ago (1703+ words) In many ways, the announcement in mid-November that Independent Health would affiliate with Schenectady-based MVP Health Care was years in the making. For one, Independent Health President and CEO Dr. Michael W. Cropp and MVP Health Care CEO Chris Del Vecchio…...
What to know about Independent Health's affiliation with Albany-area insurer
8+ mon, 2+ day ago (171+ words) During a meeting of the Buffalo Common Council's Finance Committee, Buffalo Mayor Chris Scanlon described his view of the role the comptroller's office is supposed to play and takes issue with the $28M cap on borrowing imposed by the comptroller's office....
In Medicare Advantage plans for 2026, Roswell Park won't be in network with Independent Health
9+ mon, 2+ week ago (1061+ words) Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center and its Roswell Park Care Network community practices will no longer be in-network for Independent Health's individual Medicare Advantage plans, beginning Jan. 1. The health insurer said it has about 50,000 individual Medicare Advantage members, but noted…...
Citing federal funding reductions, Kaleida Health to close surgery center in Amherst
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (611+ words) Western New York's largest health system is closing an ambulatory surgery center that has served the community for more than 35 years. In a statement Wednesday night, Kaleida Health said its Millard Fillmore Surgery Center, at 215 Klein Road in Amherst, is…...
Double-digit health insurance rate hikes coming to WNY individuals, small businesses in 2026
10+ mon, 3+ week ago (487+ words) Many consumers and small businesses across the state will see double-digit percentage increases for health insurance in 2026, highlighting the rising cost of medical care, inpatient hospital stays and skyrocketing drug prices. In the individual market, insurers requested an average rate…...
Bills playing by CBA rules with in-kind spending on community initiatives
11+ mon, 1+ week ago (1105+ words) A third of the Buffalo Bills annual community spending may have come through donated tickets, memorabilia and experiences, but that is permissible under the Community Benefits Agreement. The Bills said in a recently released report detailing the spending that they…...
Amherst man's long-term care insurance could rise 257% by 2028. He's not the only one
11+ mon, 2+ week ago (1411+ words) When Lawrence Howard received the annual bill for his long-term care insurance policy in the spring, the Amherst resident had to give it a second look because he couldn’t believe what it said. The bill, from Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance…...
Another Voice: Centene was an effective and compassionate health insurer
11+ mon, 4+ week ago (262+ words) A Bloomberg article caught my eye yesterday – reporting that health insurer Centene’s credit rating will likely be downgraded, to “junk status.” The HARP team (Health and Recovery Plan) supported Medicaid-eligible people with specific behavioral health needs. My team, the MVM…...