Washington state bars Medova Healthcare from health plan sales

Washington state has fined Medova Healthcare Financial Group $310,000 and ordered its president and CEO, Daniel Whitney, to halt all sales of illegal health insurance policies in the state, Becker’s Payer Issues reports. The Wichita, Kansas-based company sold health plans without approval to 140 small businesses and their 1,487 employees in Washington state, the report says. The company acted similarly in 38 other states and provided benefits to 35,000 people in total.