Washington Levies $225K Penalty | Anti-Money Laundering | Walgreens to Pay $106.8M | NAIC Champions | Sep 23, 2024 Guide to Insurance Regs, Bulletins, and Legislation
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Washington Levies $225K Penalty Against LifeWise, Evolent for Rejecting Claims Based on Gender
Washington State Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler fined LifeWise Health Plan of Washington $150,000 and its benefit manager, Evolent Health LLC, $75,000 for incorrectly processing and automatically denying insurance claims based on patients’ gender.
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Walgreens to Pay $106.8M for Charging Government for Undelivered Prescriptions
Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. and Walgreen Co. (together, “Walgreens”) have agreed to pay $106.8 million to settle allegations of violating the False Claims Act by billing government healthcare programs for prescriptions that were never dispensed.
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NAIC Champions State-Based Climate Risk Solutions and Urges Congressional Support
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) submitted an eight-page letter dated September 16, 2024 (“Letter”) to Congress regarding the NAIC’s “climate-risk and resilience-related efforts in the supervision and regulation of insurers.”
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September 23, 2024, Guide to Insurance Regulations, Bulletins, and Legislation
(Alphabetically by line of business/topic and then by state)
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