CHARLESTON — Wheeling Hospital, which indicated months ago that it would stop taking patients with state-provided insurance plans, now intends to accept those patients because of recent changes in the reimbursement rate. “They will be fully participating in PEIA,” said Jim Kaufman, ...
For today’s edition of The Good, the Bad and the Stupid,” we’re going to look at a handful of bills that we consider to be mixed bags: They have both good and bad aspects, and a few have some stupid provisions. In other words, these bills are complicated. ○ SB 268, relating ...
CHARLESTON — Senators accepted some changes that delegates made to a broad-ranging bill affecting insurance for public employees, and then they moved ahead with final passage of the bill. So the controversial bill now goes to the governor, who has publicly indicated he supports the ...
West Virginia’s health insurance program for government employees and their spouses is our state’s version of the “third rail of politics.” It is frequently considered untouchable, like Social Security at the national level. An estimated 230,000 county school and higher education ...
MORGANTOWN – State Auditor J.B. McCuskey came to Mon Health Medical Center on Wednesday for a roundtable discussion on health care issues with Mon Health System leaders. The conversation was grounded in what's ahead for PEIA as legislation works through the Legislature, but ranged out to ...
Without any discussion or questions, the Senate Finance Committee advanced a broad-ranging bill affecting the Public Employees Insurance Agency, although the bill had been explored by other committees and during behind-the-scenes discussions. “Shocking,” said AFL-CIO President Josh ...