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More than half of the 59,000 Arizonans who will need to change health insurance companies because of the planned Jan. 1 closure of the state’s nonprofit co-op have chosen new carriers, officials with the failed nonprofit said. The rest have…
Nearly 60,000 Arizonans are entitled to an extended enrollment period for health insurance due to the closure of Tempe-based Meritus. Not-for-profit Meritus, the state’s only health insurance cooperative, is winding down its operations. Anyone who has Meritus insurance is entitled…
Dive Brief: Meritus Health Partners, Arizona's nonprofit health co-op, announced last week it has been unable to secure an outside financial backer and therefore intends to cease operations Dec. 31. The insurer had already been ordered several weeks ago by the state's…
By Monica Grimaldo TUCSON, AZ (Tucson News Now) - Arizona's nonprofit health insurance co-op, Meritus Health Partners, has failed to come up with additional financial backing and plans to shut down all operations on Dec. 31. This means the…
For Immediate Release MEDIA CONTACT: Gabriel Rushing Director of Communications and Marketing 623.385.0650 (o) grushing@meritusaz.com Meritus will not offer plans in 2016 Meritus is working with the Arizona Department of Insurance to help members find new coverage for 2016. Tempe,…
Tom Zumtobel, CEO of Meritus Health Partners, gave it the old college try, but he just couldn't quite pull it off. After Meritus was dumped from the Affordable Care Act's Health Insurance Marketplace, Zumtobel had been looking to secure outside…
Executives with Arizona's non-profit health insurance co-op said Tuesday that they have failed to come up with additional financial backing and the insurer plans to shut down all operations Dec. 31. The announcement by Meritus Health Partners means 59,000 Arizonans…
Meritus executives are attempting to persuade the Arizona Department of Insurance to reverse a decision that would effectively close all of the nonprofit's operations, according to the Arizona Republic. Meritus CEO Tom Zumtobel and other executives with the nonprofit met…
Executives with Arizona’s health insurance co-op are attempting to convince the Arizona Department of Insurance’s director to reverse an order that effectively put the non-profit out of business. The Arizona Department of Insurance issued an order of supervision last week…
By Associated Press PHOENIX — Executives with Arizona’s nonprofit health insurance co-op said Thursday they are working to regain the right to sell new policies and renew existing ones by proving to regulators that the company has enough money to…