Insurer to hire up to 60 in Philly area

HealthNow Administrative Services, a King of Prussia-based arm of a group of New York State-based Blue Cross insurers, plans to hire up to 60 claims, billing and enrollment supervisors and other workers at its King of Prussia headquarters, and another 20 customer service positions in California, to manage its new contract with the State of California to manage its 25,000-person "high-risk" insurance pool created under Obama's Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. More here.

The pools are supposed to be replaced after 2014 by state insurance exchanges, HealthNow says.