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BISMARCK, N.D. – Insurance Commissioner Jon Godfread today alerted North Dakota Medicare beneficiaries that they will be receiving new Medicare cards from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in an effort to better protect their safety and security.

BISMARCK, N.D. – Insurance Commissioner Jon Godfread issued the following statement today in response to the U.S. Department of Labor’s issuance of the Final Rule on Association Health Plans (AHPs) on June 19, helping millions of Americans obtain quality, affordable health coverage.

BISMARCK, N.D. – Insurance Commissioner Jon Godfread today announced the North Dakota Insurance Department is seeking to work with a consultant in order to perform actuarial and other analysis of state proposals to reform North Dakota’s individual health insurance market.

BISMARCK, N.D. – Insurance Commissioner Jon Godfread, in partnership with the Bismarck Police Department and the Burleigh County State’s Attorney’s Office, today announced the filing of an insurance fraud charge against James Lagein of Bismarck, ND.

BISMARCK, N.D. – Insurance Commissioner Jon Godfread today announced a market conduct examination of Noridian Mutual Insurance Company, which sells health insurance in North Dakota as Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota (BCBSND).

BISMARCK, N.D. – Insurance Commissioner Jon Godfread today reminded North Dakota consumers that the new state law regulating how health insurance companies pay out-of-network air ambulance claims became effective Jan. 1, 2018.

BISMARCK, N.D. – Insurance Commissioner Jon Godfread today announced that as of Dec. 8, 2017, veterans who have taken or plan to take any of the nine North Dakota insurance producer exams after June 1, 2017, qualify to be reimbursed for their exam fee through a partnership between the North Dakota Insurance Department and the Veterans Educational Assistance Program (VEAP), a program of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

BISMARCK, N.D. – Insurance Commissioner Jon Godfread today announced the North Dakota Insurance Department has recovered more than $5.5 million for North Dakota life insurance beneficiaries through the examination of 30 top life insurers’ use of the Social Security Administration’s Death Master File (DMF).

BISMARCK, N.D. – As the 2018 Open Enrollment Period will begin on Nov. 1 and end Dec. 15, many North Dakotans must soon make critical decisions about their 2018 health insurance amid a barrage of news and opinions regarding healthcare.

BISMARCK, N.D. – Insurance Commissioner Jon Godfread today confirmed that Sanford Health Plan will offer coverage on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Exchange for individual health insurance plans in some North Dakota counties for 2018.