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Vermont's Blue Cross seeks approval for cheaper plans
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (890+ words) Vermont's largest commercial health insurer wants to offer a new suite of cheaper plans, but the state's primary healthcare regulator is casting doubt on whether that would actually yield any real savings. When expanded federal subsidies for people buying health…...
North Country Healthcare faces corrective actions
4+ day, 23+ hour ago (222+ words) After a'month-long review, the Charitable Trusts Unit concluded that North Country Healthcare, which operates three hospitals in rural northern New Hampshire, breached its fiduciary duties by firing Weeks Medical Center President Michael Lee and recommended a set of corrective actions…...
Court orders School Care to pay Dover's health claims
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (180+ words) A Strafford Superior Court judge granted a preliminary injunction on April 30, ordering School Care to continue paying health insurance claims made by Dover, N. H. , educators beyond a May 1 deadline. School Care threatened to stop paying claims on May 1 if Dover failed…...
Government-backed health care credit card: A solution?
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (735+ words) Valley News Enjoying the Valley News? Having spent over 30 years working in the business of healthcare, beginning in HMOs, moving on to medical group and hospital management, and finally serving as a health care management consultant, I have spent a…...
Vermont's Blue Cross Blue Shield reports strong 2025
3+ mon, 6+ hour ago (856+ words) After years of financial precarity, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Vermont, the state's largest health insurer, is on the path to financial recovery for 2025, the company reported Monday. In 2025, the insurer saw $2 billion in revenue and paid out $1. 8 billion in…...
Health insurance and wages drive up costs in Norwich
5+ mon, 2+ day ago (806+ words) NORWICH "The Selectboard on Wednesday is expected to approve a final budget proposal, which will go before voters at Town Meeting in March. The board will consider a $7. 38 million municipal operating budget to take effect July 1. The spending plan is…...
Report: Financial struggles put 4 New Hampshire hospitals at risk
5+ mon, 1+ day ago (614+ words) Four New Hampshire hospitals are among the more than 700 across the United States at risk of closing due to financial struggles, according to'a December report'from the Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform. The Bulletin reached out to all four…...