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Blue Cross Merger Plan Clears Montana Hurdle
A proposed merger between nation’s fourth-largest health insurer and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Montana has cleared a major regulatory hurdle and is now in the hands of a former state Supreme Court...
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Insurer and Michigan Hospitals Switch Reimbursement Plan
Michigan’s largest health insurer and a dozen hospitals announced Monday they are starting to carry out a cost-saving deal designed to prevent unnecessary or overused tests and procedures, an attempt...
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Almost 2,000 Participants in SC BlueCross Walk at Lunch Events
An estimated 1,950 people took steps toward improved health during three community events organized by BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina to mark the seventh annual National Walk@Lunch Day. The...
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Maine Medical Center and Anthem BCBS Prepare to Launch ACO
One of Maine’s largest hospital systems has teamed up with the state’s biggest private health insurer in an effort to improve patients’ health while lowering costs. MaineHealth, parent organization of...
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BCBS of Montana and Health Care Service Corp. Merger Gets OK from Examiner
A former state Supreme Court justice acting as a hearing examiner has recommended for approval the proposed merger of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Montana with Health Care Service Corp. of Chicago....
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Blue Cross: Rates Will Rise Under New Federal Health Care Law
In a signpost pointing to health insurance changes under the nation’s new health care law, North Carolina’s largest insurer has warned of steep rate increases for customers who have typically paid...
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Deal Struck Between Carle and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois
If your doctor is at Carle, you’ll have a new health insurance choice soon: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois. Carle and the Blues have struck a deal that will bring the majority of Carle doctors...
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Blue Cross Blue Shield Online Tool Tracks Health-Care System
The Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation said last week it has launched an online tool that allows users to track the changing makeup of the state’s health-care delivery system. The...
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Blue Cross and Blue Shield Influence Waning with North Carolina Lawmakers
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina is used to having considerable clout in the legislature. Although the state’s largest health insurer hasn’t always gotten its way, for years it has...
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Blue Cross of Vermont Opens Health Exchange Education HQ
One out of every six Vermonters, about 100,000 people in a state of 630,000, must switch the way they enroll and buy for health insurance this fall with the opening of a federally mandated online...
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Highmark Faces Lawsuit that Alleges it Conspires to Inflate Premiums
Five Highmark customers claim the insurance giant and 37 other Blue Cross Blue Shield affiliates are violating federal antitrust laws and conspiring to drive up premiums by squelching competition in...
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Wellmont, BlueCross BlueShield Tennessee reach agreement
Wellmont Health System needed a week to negotiate a contract extension with BlueCross BlueShield Tennessee through mid-2015, an insurance official said. They signed the agreement Friday morning. “It...
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Insurers Limit Doctors and Hospitals in State-Run Exchange Plans
California’s health insurance rates for a new state-run marketplace came in lower than expected this week, but one downside for many consumers will be far fewer doctors and hospitals to choose from....
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Health Insurance Company Call Center Adds 150 Jobs to Johnstown, PA
InterMedia Marketing Solutions (IMM), based in West Chester Pennsylvania, is looking to hire 300 new Service Agents. 150 of the new service agents will be based in a Johnstown, PA call center and 150...
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Florida Blue Files to Form a Not-for Profit Mutual Insurance Holding Company
Florida Blue, Florida’s Blue Cross and Blue Shield Company, has filed a request with the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) to organize under a policyholder-owned, not-for-profit mutual...
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Healthcare Delivered through PC, Tablet and Smartphone
Like telematics in auto insurance, telehealth in health insurance provides an opportunity for insurers to have a closer dialog with their policyholders and better manage their risk of loss. And it’s...
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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan saves estimated $155M over three years
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan saved an estimated $155 million over the first three years of its Patient-Centered Medical Home program, based on calculations made from an analysis published this...
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Blue Cross Blue Shield Plan Consolidation Continues According to Mark Farrah...
Blue Cross and/or Blue Shield (BCBS) organizations along with their affiliates enrolled 98.7 million people as of September 30, 2013, more than 31% of the population in the United States and 40% of...
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