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5 Mar 2010, 5:16 am
Many people in Massachusetts have health coverage through Blue Cross Blue Shield. [read post]
2 Jun 2012, 6:31 am
Many people in Massachusetts have health coverage through Blue Cross Blue Shield. [read post]
15 Feb 2012, 2:34 pm
Many people in Massachusetts have health coverage through Blue Cross Blue Shield. [read post]
9 Mar 2011, 8:30 am
In Insurer’s board suspends own pay, the Boston Globe reports that Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts board members voted to suspend their collective five-figure annual directors’ payments and to begin discussions with the office of Massachusetts Attorney General Martha... [read post]
19 Oct 2011, 9:22 am
Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Massachusetts, No. [read post]
7 Mar 2011, 10:30 am
A recent editorial in the Boston Globe, No wonder health costs are so high, is critical of the compensation paid by Blue Cross Blue Shield Nonprofits around the country. [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]
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]
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]
26 Jan 2009, 1:54 am
The Boston Globe has reported that the Attorney General for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Martha Coakley, has launched an investigation into Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts and Partners HealthCare. [read post]
6 Jan 2009, 6:55 am
Today's Boston Globe reports that Tufts Medical Center will not accept Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts insurance after the end of this month, saying the rates and contract offered would yield continuing losses. [read post]
6 Apr 2010, 6:15 am
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts and the Massachusetts Association of Health Plans have sued the Massachusetts Division of Insurance (DOI) after the DOI's decision last week to reject most proposed rate increases for small businesses for the current calendar quarter. [read post]
6 Apr 2010, 6:15 am
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts and the Massachusetts Association of Health Plans have sued the Massachusetts Division of Insurance (DOI) after the DOI's decision last week to reject most proposed rate increases for small businesses for the current calendar quarter. [read post]
7 Feb 2008, 9:00 am
On June 1, 2005, after a jury trial lasting over three weeks, a jury found for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (“BCBS-MA”), Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota (“BCBS-MN”), Federated Mutual Insurance Company (“Federated”), and Health Care Service Corporation (“HCSC”) (collectively “Plaintiffs”) against Mylan… [read post]
31 Jul 2014, 12:00 pm
David Williams, a Massachusetts-based healthcare industry consultant (and FoIB) has a very interesting new post from the Land of RomneyCare:"Obamacare caused one small businesses’s Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts premium to jump by 29 percent ... [read post]
13 Jun 2008, 12:45 pm
Another Hub health care worthy has signed up with Google Health -- today's Boston Globe reports that Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts joins Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center -- see John Halamka's GeekDoctor post -- in facilitating the download of patient data to Google Health PHRs. [read post]
20 Jun 2008, 5:24 pm
This week, Blue Cross Blue Shield of MA and the Commonwealth -- primarily through MassHealth (MA Medicaid) -- announced they would adhere to the Leapfrog no pay for never events policy.According to a news story from about 9 months ago, half of the state's hospitals had already determined that they would not bill for never events. [read post]
10 Apr 2008, 6:48 pm
Thanks to efficient project management, funds remain from the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts grant originally intended to finance the pilot through June 2008. [read post]
22 Jan 2008, 11:23 am
Check it out, straight from the Boston Globe:Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts wants to stop paying doctors and hospitals for each patient visit or treatment, a common arrangement that most experts agree has led to unnecessary, inefficient, and fragmented care that is sometimes harmful to patients. [read post]
5 Jul 2014, 8:41 am
One recent example involves a series of 10 lawsuits filed by Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Massachusetts. [read post]
