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27 Jul 2015, 1:52 pm
Nope.The (Blue Cross) association’s rules prevent Anthem from using the well-recognized Blue Cross and Blue Shield brand in regions where Anthem doesn’t have the Blue Cross license or own a Blues plan, Anthem is forced to sell health insurance under a different brand like Amerigroup, which will fight for business against other Blues plans. [read post]
24 Jul 2015, 7:30 am
As you've no doubt heard, Anthem has won this round of Carrier Feeding Frenzy '15:"Earlier today, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield’s parent company announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Cigna Corporation, under which our parent company will acquire Cigna in a cash and stock transaction. [read post]
13 Jun 2015, 7:32 am by Law Lady
A New York law providing a number of out-of-network safeguards went into effect in April, and legislation has been introduced in Texas....More than half of Americans say making sure health plans have sufficient networks to provide a wide choice of doctors and hospitals should be a top health-care priority for the president and Congress, according to an April poll by the foundation....Anthem Blue Cross of California, Cigna Corp. and Blue Shield of… [read post]
12 Jun 2015, 6:43 am
Turns out, more than a few: Aetna, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna and several others cover the surgery (or surgeries), subject to a very specific definition of medical necessity. [read post]
4 May 2015, 6:07 am by Matthew L.M. Fletcher
Anthem Blue Cross & Blue Shield, 600 F.3d 1275, 1283 (10th Cir. 2010). [read post]
27 Feb 2015, 12:27 pm by Rakesh Madhava
Anthem is the largest for-profit health care insurer in the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, formerly known as Wellpoint. [read post]
23 Feb 2015, 4:40 am by Kelly Phillips Erb
The successful hack at Anthem affected potentially 80 million Anthem customers, including accounts associated with Anthem Blue Cross, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia, Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Amerigroup, Caremore, Unicare, Healthlink, and DeCare. [read post]
10 Feb 2015, 7:52 am by Kelly Phillips Erb
Potentially 80 million Anthem customers were affected, including accounts associated with Anthem Blue Cross, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia, Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Amerigroup , Caremore, Unicare, Healthlink, and DeCare. [read post]
8 Feb 2015, 2:44 pm by Joseph J. Lazzarotti
The first massive data breach of 2015 hit one of the country’s largest insurance issuers, Anthem, Inc., including Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield and other related entities (Anthem). [read post]
5 Feb 2015, 8:01 am by Dan Goodin
Anthem operates under a variety of health insurance brands, including Anthem Blue Cross, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia, and Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield. [read post]
13 Dec 2014, 11:13 am
Our client participated in the Anthem Blue Cross of California PPO Network, and his claim was administered by Anthem. [read post]
30 Jun 2014, 5:30 am
"These narrow networks are making a huge difference in terms of affordability," said Mark Morgan, president of Anthem Blue Cross, a unit of industry giant WellPoint Inc. [read post]
7 Oct 2013, 10:31 am
In Georgia, for instance, Anthem is selling 2,385 different products Health Care Payer News Georgia has 16 regions and in some areas Anthem (BCBSGA) your ON exchange choices are Blue Cross or Blue Cross. [read post]
27 Jul 2013, 2:59 pm
According to Commissioner Jones, “Their departure means less choice, less competition, and more market consolidation by the remaining big three health insurers - Anthem Blue Cross, Blue Shield of California, and Kaiser - which means an increased likelihood of even higher prices from those health insurers downstream." [read post]
24 Jun 2013, 11:47 am
It will surprise no one that that carrier is Anthem Blue Cross/Shield.■ FoIB Jeff M tips us that North Carolina's public Exchange is faring little better:"Individuals buying health insurance coverage on new online exchange marketplaces beginning this fall will be choosing from products from only two or three carriers"And businesses in the Tar Heel State will have similar lack of variety in the small group Marketplace: thus far, only the ubiquitous… [read post]
1 May 2013, 11:59 am
Still, given that, for example, Wellpoint, the corporate parent of Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield and others, made a profit last year of more than $2.6 billion, how much farther will insurers go to fix a system that, for them, isn’t broken? [read post]
8 Apr 2013, 12:44 pm
Fortunately, Cincinnati-area Anthem insureds who receive care at the University of Cincinnati's facilities may dodge that kind of bullet:"UC Health says it has agreed not to charge patients insured by Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield higher, out-of-network costs even if the hospital system and insurer don’t strike an agreement on reimbursement rates by an April 15th deadline." [read post]
10 Jan 2013, 11:22 am
Got email today from Anthem (Blue Cross/Shield) announcing that they're doing away with billing modes other than monthly:"All Individual under 65 members who currently pay their premiums on other than a monthly basis (quarterly, semi-annually or annually where available) will be changed to monthly billing"There's never been a really good reason for choosing other options, anyway (other than, perhaps, convenience) because - unlike most other forms of life and… [read post]
6 Jan 2013, 8:42 am
In California, Aetna is proposing rate increases of as much as 22 percent, Anthem Blue Cross 26 percent and Blue Shield of California 20 percent for some of those policy holders, according to the insurers’ filings with the state for 2013. [read post]