2+ hour, 16+ min ago  (237+ words) Alabama is one of five states being added to United Healthcare's Rural Payment Acceleration Pilot, the insurer announced Monday. The expansion also covers Arkansas, Kentucky, Virginia and West Virginia. Under the program, which launched in January, Medicare Advantage payments to…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (828+ words) A bill targeting surprise billing for ground ambulance services has cleared the Alabama Senate and is now working through the House, where it faces opposition from the state's largest farm organization over concerns about higher insurance premiums for rural Alabamians....

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (480+ words) Alabama's public educator health insurance program is heading into the fiscal 2027 budget cycle with a projected $380 million shortfall in that year's health plan funding, creating a significant challenge for lawmakers as they work to finalize the state's Education Trust Fund…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (791+ words) A coalition of Alabama's most powerful business and insurance groups is sounding the alarm over a surge in healthcare mandate legislation this session, warning lawmakers that the cumulative cost of the bills will land squarely on employers and families already…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (84+ words) Yellowhammer News For eons, in Alabama and across this country, prescription drug prices have crushed people. Attempts to rein in bad actors, be they Pharmacy Benefit Managers or insurers, may have missed the point. Maybe the problem was Big Pharma,…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (715+ words) Dow Briggs, M. D. is the Executive Vice President of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama. There are many reasons why Jackson Hospital is struggling, but Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama's reimbursement is not why it is in bankruptcy....

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (725+ words) We write today on behalf of the Alabama Association for Justice in response to the recent reporting on the Alabama Department of Insurance's liability insurance claims cost report, which claims rising liability claim severity and large verdicts as factors in…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (307+ words) PEEHIP has kept their costs in line for nearly a decade without asking the legislature or members for more money. However, PEEHIP is facing a shortfall for fiscal year 2026, due to a significant decline in federal funding for educators and…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (395+ words) Rising lawsuits and large jury verdicts are driving up liability insurance costs across Alabama, according to a new Alabama Department of Insurance report that found claim severity has surged far faster than inflation over the past four years. The findings…...

4+ mon, 6+ hour ago  (1376+ words) Jackson Hospital & Clinic, Inc. in Montgomery, which bankruptcy filings have described as carrying between $100 million and $500 million in liabilities, filed a lawsuit last week against Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama, claiming they are to blame for the hospital's…...