The telehealth provider said hackers gained access to a third-party customer service platform, but medical records remained secure.
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The 2025 reconciliation law requires states to condition Medicaid eligibility for adults in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medicaid expansion group and enrollees in partial expansion waiver programs (Georgia and Wisconsin) on meeting work requirements starting January 1, 2027. Implementing work requirements will require complex changes to eligibility and enrollment systems, as well as enrollee outreach and education, staff training, and coordination with managed care plans, providers, and other stakeholders. As states are preparing to implement work requirements and other changes in the reconciliation law, many states are facing more tenuous budget situations with slowing revenue growth and broader reductions…
On April 3, 2026, the administration released its Fiscal Year 2027 budget request. The budget request includes discretionary funding for U.S. global health programs at the State Department, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The proposed budget includes significant reductions in and restructuring of global health funding, including the elimination of some programs and activities as follows: State: Global Health Programs (GHP) account: The main account that supports global health programs totals $5.1 billion in the request, $4.3 billion below the FY 2026 amount ($9.4 billion). Bilateral Funding: Program areas: The FY27…
The University of South Carolina women’s basketball team saved the insurer for a New England furniture company millions of dollars by beating the University of Connecticut team 62-48 last Friday night. At the same time, 20,000 New Englanders missed a shot at being refunded in full for their purchases of furniture and mattresses, a total payout of about $50 million. Jordan’s Furniture, which is part of Berkshire Hathaway, ran a “Make the Finals” promotion during this year’s National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) “March Madness” basketball tournament. The retailer promised to refund its customers the full amount of their recent purchases.…
The US is doubling, to $40 billion, its commitment to provide reinsurance guarantees to ships willing to travel through the Strait of Hormuz with the addition of new insurance partners, including AIG and Berkshire Hathaway. The move announced Friday is the latest US effort to ease worries over the vital waterway and to encourage traffic to resume, despite an effective Iranian blockade and continued hostilities in the five-week war. The US International Development Finance Corp. last month announced a $20 billion reinsurance program. On Friday, the agency said Travelers, Liberty Mutual Insurance, Berkshire Hathaway, AIG, Starr and CNA will join…
Lawyers for the family of an Oklahoma junior college basketball player who died after suffering a head injury during a game said Thursday the student had been struck by another player’s elbow and accused the team of not providing proper medical care before putting him back on the court. Ethan Dietz, 20, died on Nov. 25 after being hit in the head during a basketball game in Texas three days earlier. He was a student at Connors State College in the small town of Warner, Oklahoma. The school provided few details after Dietz’s death about how he was injured and…
A Southern California wildfire that prompted evacuation orders is now nearly fully contained, according to fire officials. The Springs Fire in Riverside County grew to roughly 4,176 acres, but is now 95% contained. The fire had been just 25% contained on Friday, when evacuation orders for were issued for large number of neighborhoods Saturday morning. All evacuation orders and warnings were since lifted. The fire was fueled by Santa Ana winds with gusts up to 45 mph. No structures were reported damaged or destroyed. The cause of the fire is under investigation. Topics Catastrophe California Natural Disasters Wildfire Was this…
Several people were injured when a vehicle struck revelers at a parade celebrating the Lao New Year on Saturday in rural Louisiana, authorities said. The driver was quickly arrested and charged with impaired driving, police said. Video shared on social media showed multiple people on the ground at the annual event in Broussard and New Iberia. The videos showed firefighters tending to one person trapped beneath the car, which wound up in a ditch along the parade route. Around 15 people were hurt, some seriously, according to the Iberia Parish Sheriff’s Office. “Based on the preliminary investigation, this does not…
The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Monday it closed a probe into nearly 2.6 million Tesla vehicles over a feature allowing users to move cars remotely after finding it was linked only to low-speed incidents. The agency opened the probe into the “Actually Smart Summon” feature in early 2025 after reports of several crashes. The system allows users to move vehicles over short distances in parking areas or on private property, using a smartphone app. The agency concluded that the feature was linked primarily to low-speed incidents resulting in minor property damage and said it had reports…
It’s the latest in a flurry of executive appointments from health insurers looking to strengthen their leadership teams amid regulatory headwinds and elevated medical costs.
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Indiana-headquartered DOXA, a specialty insurance firm built on acquiring and growing program administrators and MGAs, has expanded into Florida with the acquisition of Jupiter Underwriting Group. The group is a managing general agent that specializes in admitted umbrella and follow-form excess liability. Jupiter was founded in 2019 by David Folkes and Dennis Burton, two industry veterans, the company said in a news release. Jupiter has focused on underwriting complex risk for contractors, hospitality firms, real estate, import/export companies and light manufacturing and oil and gas contractors. Folkes and Burton will remain in place at the combined company. DOXA, with offices…
The United States and Iran on Monday were weighing the framework of a plan to end their five‑week-old conflict, even as Tehran pushed back against pressure to swiftly reopen the Strait of Hormuz on the eve of a new ultimatum set by President Donald Trump. The U.S. leader has threatened to rain “hell” on Tehran if it did not make a deal by the end of Tuesday that would allow traffic to start moving again through the vital route for global energy supplies. Iran responded to U.S. and Israeli attacks in February by effectively closing Hormuz, a conduit for about…
Georgia lawmakers passed a bill early Friday that would allow property owners to file claims against local governments if the individual believes policies that ban people from sleeping outside and require law enforcement to cooperate with federal immigration authorities were not enforced. If Republican Gov. Brian Kemp signs the bill, individuals will be able to demand compensation from local governments amounting to alleged lost property value or expenses incurred because of failure to enforce policies such as bans on public camping, loitering and panhandling, and bans on sanctuary policies limiting cooperation with federal immigration authorities. The bill’s sponsor, Athens Republican…