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28 Mar 2011, 7:02 pm
Existing Homes Rose 2.1% in February Harry & David, Blockbuster, Madoff, Lehman: Bankruptcy Tullow Says Ghana Well Finds Hydrocarbons Close to Jubilee Gbagbo Supporters Rally in Abidjan for Incumbent Ivorian Leader Blue Cross Blue Shield Probe Expanded by Justice Department Story Tools e-mail this story print this story add to Business Exchange By Bill Rochelle (This report contains items about… [read post]
16 Feb 2011, 9:25 am
To hear Andrew Dreyfus, CEO of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, tell the story, the Blues wanted to address both quality and cost, and therefore (after looking in vain for a model elsewhere that could be transplanted to Massachusetts) developed the Alternative Quality Contract, or AQC, which features a global payment model hybridized with substantial performance incentives, plus design features intended to lower the cost of care over time. [read post]
5 Dec 2010, 4:00 am
Kaiser Pernanente, Blue Shield, Blue Cross, Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound, Pridential, New York Life, and many others. [read post]
1 Nov 2010, 8:31 pm
However,… Revealing Socioeconomic Factors That Influence Your Health (supplement to the unequal distribution of health in the Twin Cities report) Contributing organization(s): Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Foundation. [read post]
5 Oct 2010, 9:16 pm
In current-day Massachusetts, Blue Cross Blue Shield of MA has rolled out its Alternative Quality Contract [read post]
8 Aug 2010, 7:28 am
In Michigan, a law caps the surplus of the state's Blue Cross Blue Shield plan at five times the regulatory minimum. [read post]
21 Jun 2010, 5:01 am
The amount determined under this subclause is an amount equal to the excess (if any) of-- (aa) the premium cost of the Blue Cross/Blue Shield standard benefit option under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Plan for the type of coverage provided such individual in such taxable period if priced for the age and gender characteristics of all employees of the individual's employer, over (bb) that premium cost for the provision of… [read post]
29 Mar 2010, 6:52 am
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25 Jan 2010, 6:48 am
Under our financial privacy shield laws, her [read post]
26 Oct 2009, 5:48 am
The "alternative contract" offered by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts is a global payment contract with risk adjustments, quality bonuses, and other bells and whistles, per Andrew Dreyfus (from BCBSMA) designed to fairly compensate and avoid perverse incentives for providers. [read post]
22 Jul 2009, 10:37 am
By way of background, as The Legal notes, The underlying suit was brought by a class of doctors and alleged RICO claims against Capital Blue Cross, Highmark Inc. and their jointly formed HMO, Keystone Health Plan Central. [read post]
29 Jun 2009, 7:22 am
There is no reason to expect a Medicare-like public plan to match the administrative efficiency of Aetna, Blue Cross-Blue Shield, Cigna, UnitedHealth Group, and WellPoint. [read post]
9 Apr 2009, 1:28 pm
More difficult to see a doc.Can't figure out why no one saw that coming.Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts, the state's largest insurer, recently devised an innovative model that pays doctors a flat fee per patient, with adjustments for age, gender and health status, and then adds bonus payments for high standards of care.Novel. [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]
13 Mar 2008, 7:09 pm
The state needs to take on "the cozy relationship" between the state's largest hospital system, Partners HealthCare, and its largest insurer, Blue Cross-Blue Shield, Montigny said.John McDonough, executive director of Health Care for All and a former House healthcare committee chairman, said large healthcare providers, particularly hospitals, have driven up the costs through secret negotiations with insurers. [read post]
29 Feb 2008, 12:47 am
02/28/2008
Additional Materials Regarding the New Employee Verification Act of 2008, H.R. 5515 (PDF 590 KB)Materials Prepared by the Minority Staff of the House Ways and Means Committee02/28/2008
Audit of Medicare Administrative Costs Claimed by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona for the Period Oct. 1, 2004, Through Sept. 30, 2006 (PDF 313 KB)Report Prepared by the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector… [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 Nov 2007, 8:58 pm
The plan will soon expand to include a hospital in Europe, and possibly in Singapore and India.[11] Blue Shield of California and Health Net of California offer inexpensive "cross-border" policies allowing members to get care in Mexico. [12] Insurance companies are not the only enterprising businesses who have jumped in to grab a slice of the medical tourism pie. [read post]
16 Oct 2007, 5:28 am
The court ordered sanctioned defendants and their counsel as follows: Keystone - 25%; Capital Blue Cross - 25%; defense counsel John S. [read post]
11 Aug 2006, 10:16 pm
"It's an enormous commercial opportunity," said Phil Nabone, a medical technology analyst at RBC Capital Markets.But since its launch, the Charite disc has been controversial.Although two national insurance carriers and 60 regional providers cover the device, a medical advisory panel for the Blue Cross Blue Shield Assn. said in an evidence-based review last year that there was "no immediately evident advantage" to using the… [read post]
