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14 Mar 2007, 1:51 pm
For example, the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association has published its 2007 Medical Cost Reference Guide.In it, you'll find some interesting (and enlightening) numbers:â– In 2006, health care spending in the U.S. reached $2.2 trillionâ– The gummint continues to account for almost half the total costs, mostly through public programs like Medicare and Medicaidâ– Private health insurance accounts for about… [read post]
6 Aug 2008, 3:14 pm
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, Judge Jolly certified a class action against health insurer Blue Cross. [read post]
11 Dec 2015, 11:20 am
— A subsidiary of Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota has agreed to pay the state of Maryland $45 million over the failed health care exchange that the state intended to use as part of President Barack Obama’s federal health care law. [read post]
9 Mar 2012, 7:06 am
The appeal had been taken by Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Michigan in connection with an antitrust suit brought by the State of Michigan which sought to enjoin Blue Cross from using most favored nation clauses in its contracts with Michigan hospitals. [read post]
29 May 2013, 9:15 am
A decision last week out of the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island v. [read post]
29 Jul 2008, 7:08 pm
In an article in today's Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Andy Miller reported that Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia ("Blue Cross"), Georgia's largest health insurer, sent an estimated 202,000 "Explanation of Benefit" ("EOB") and other letters to the wrong addresses last week, exposing patient names, social security numbers, medical conditions, treatment information, and other health and personal… [read post]
14 Mar 2019, 12:27 pm
So this morning, FoIB Jeff M emailed this item about the planned merger of Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina "with Portland, Ore. [read post]
8 Mar 2010, 12:06 pm
On March 8, 2010, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan's (Blue Cross-Michigan) subsidiary, Blue Care Networks of Michigan, abandoned its attempt to purchase Physicians Health Plan of Mid-Michigan (PHP) after the Department of Justice and the Michigan Attorney General informed the companies that they would file an antitrust lawsuit to block the acquisition. [read post]
11 May 2018, 1:10 pm
Last year, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield announced that many medical conditions would not be covered in the future. [read post]
28 Feb 2007, 8:45 am
Proposed cuts to a popular Medicare program would lead to sharp increases in costs for recipients, including many in Western Pennsylvania, Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association officials said yesterday. [read post]
22 Jul 2011, 1:36 pm
by Paul Alan Levy Jay McQuaide, the Vice-President of Corporate Communications for Massachusetts Blue Cross Blue Shield, recently sent a stiff complaint to local doctors who published a study in the Annals of Emergency Medicine reporting how doctors on its mental health panel responded (or, more specifically, failed to respond) to calls from patients needing immediate appointments for treatment of depression. [read post]
17 Jul 2007, 1:50 am
The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, along with a majority of its nationwide affiliated "Blues plans," has reached settlement with a class of approximately 900,000 physicians, to resolve a class action suit brought in the Southern District of Florida.The class action suit, Love vs. [read post]
10 Dec 2010, 6:29 am
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Michigan, No. 08-1085 (6th Cir. 2010), the defendant, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan ("BCBSM") was a fiduciary of a self-funded health care plan (the "Plan"), which was maintained by Flagstar Bank for its employees and their families. [read post]
22 May 2010, 10:34 am
Here we go again with another idiot post in the lame stream media about how carrier domination is proof positive there is a lack of competition which leads to price gouging.Pea-brain cub reporter Sean Stillmaker posted this in the Chicagoist.In Chicago Blue Cross Blue Shield covers 66 percent of the market - more than any other provider in a metropolitan area. [read post]
19 Jan 2009, 6:58 pm
The Blues are pushing this alternative contract (the latest euphemism for capitation) for all provider systems, but it hasn't exactly been taking off. [read post]
11 May 2017, 8:04 am
These include:■ Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield, CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Michigan, and Anthem BX (really!) [read post]
23 Jul 2009, 11:46 am
In what many Pennsylvania physicians feel is a long overdue move, the Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner has announced that the Department of Insurance will investigate whether any of Pennsylvania's Blue Cross-Blue Shield insurers have engaged in anti-competitive behavior in violation of the Unfair Trade Practices act. [read post]
7 Feb 2015, 1:49 am
Today's post was shared by Kaiser Health News and comes from kaiserhealthnews.org Leslie Goldfarb of Charlotte had been talking to two surgeons about knee surgery and worrying about her out-of-pocket costs.When she recently read about a new online database from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, she checked the average reimbursement for those surgeons. [read post]
9 Mar 2010, 2:54 pm
Blue Care Network is a nonprofit HMO owned by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. [read post]
29 Sep 2013, 7:34 pm
The federal government negotiated the benefits and premiums for the Blue Cross and Blue Shield products, so this plan carries a federal seal of approval. [read post]
