Entries from December 9th, 2009
An official of the small company that recently displaced HMSA as administrator of the “default” preferred provider health plan for state and county workers says HMSA’s corporate arrogance and a string of bad strategic decisions are responsible for the nonprofit insurer’s recent problems. Harris Nakamoto, vice-president and general manager of HMA Inc., a health plan [...]
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Tags: Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund·EUTF·HMA·HMSA·Summerlin
Trustees of the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund are expected to vote today in a closed executive session on whether to penalized the state’s largest health insurer for what EUTF has called “unauthorized and inaccurate information” distributed in advertisements and mailings during November’s “open enrollment” period. The action stems from a widely circulated email [...]
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Tags: EUTF·Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund·HMSA