Highmark News

Pittsburgh-Based Highmark Sues Federal Government Over ACA Payments

Pittsburgh-based health insurer Highmark Inc. is suing the federal government saying it’s owed about $223 million under the Affordable Care Act for losses in 2014. Highmark filed the lawsuit in a Washington federal claims court on Tuesday. The health insurer …

Highmark Settles With Former CEO Over His Firing

Highmark Inc. has reached an out-of-court settlement agreement with its former president and CEO to end a legal struggle stemming from his firing. The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports that court documents filed last Thursday in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, said that the …

Highmark Closes $604M Buyout of West Penn Allegheny Bondholders

Insurer Highmark Inc. on Monday completed a $604.2 million bondholder buyout of troubled West Penn Allegheny Health System at 87.5 cents on the dollar. The buyout, in which Highmark acquired just over 85 percent of the outstanding principal amount of …

Highmark, Pennsylvania’s Largest Health Insurance Co., Names New CEO

Pittsburgh-headquartered health insurance giant Highmark Inc. has named Dr. William Winkenwerder as the company’s new chief executive officer.The appointment comes two months after previous CEO, Kenneth Melani, was fired in wake of a scandal. Melani was fired after getting into …

CEO of Pennsylvania Insurer Highmark Fired After Assault Charges

A western Pennsylvania insurance company has fired the chief executive officer who was arrested a week ago after a fight with the husband of an employee with whom he was having an affair. Highmark Inc. announced Sunday that the board …

CEO of Pennsylvania Insurer Highmark Charged With Assault

The chief executive officer of a major western Pennsylvania insurance company is facing charges of simple assault and defiant trespass relating to a fight with the husband of an employee he was having an affair with. Highmark Inc. CEO Kenneth …