The former CEO of a Denver insurance brokerage pleaded guilty Friday to embezzling from an employee benefit fund, U.S. Attorney David Gaouette announced.

The number of uninsured adults in Missouri under the age of 65 grew by 65,000 through August of this year to 672,000, according to a report released Thursday.

Blue Shield of California said Wednesday it has paid $29.6 million in so-called “pay for performance” bonuses to California medical groups and IPAs this year, based on key clinical and “patient experience” measurements.

Generali USA Life Reassurance Co. has named Chris Carnicelli as chairman and CEO.

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee has appointed Ronda Hughes, a national leader and researcher in improving health care quality, to fill the newly established Howe Chair for Health Care Transformation, the university announced Friday.

Councilmember David Catania told a group of gay and lesbian activists on Sept. 30 that he intends to introduce his long-awaited same-sex marriage bill to the D.C. Council on Tuesday, Oct. 6.