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7 Apr 2017, 7:04 am
Remember this Golden Oldie: As we continue to watch the (increasingly not slow-mo) implosion of ObamaCare, there's news, and then there's news that's kind of under the radar.First the news (about which I'm sure most of our readers already know):Wellmark is signalling that they'll follow Aetna out of the Hawkeye State:"Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield will no longer sell new individual health insurance policies in Iowa and some Iowans… [read post]
8 Sep 2016, 5:16 am
News broke of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona remaining in the marketplace in Pinal County, Arizona late on Wednesday. [read post]
31 Aug 2016, 12:34 pm
They say that "the exception proves the rule," and I think that FoIB Allison Bell has found the exemplar:"Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield of Iowa says it spent $18 million on medical bills for just one patient in 2015. [read post]
25 May 2013, 6:55 am
Aetna, Alliant, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia, Coventry, Humana, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, and Peach State will offer a range of plans for individuals in Georgia as part of the Affordable Care Act’s exchange, or “marketplace,” which will debut in 2014. [read post]
23 Sep 2014, 3:22 pm
Several healthcare organizations, including, the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association indicate that device registries in other countries have been very helpful in helping to make people aware of the safety concerns with metal hip implants emerged in the last several years. [read post]
30 Nov 2015, 11:26 am
For examples, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan does not cover services that health care providers render to themselves or any first-degree relatives, including parents, siblings, spouse and children. [read post]
1 Jul 2016, 7:07 am
.■ And thanks to FoIB Jeff M, we learn that it's not just enrollment in HSA's that's skyrocketing:"It's Working: Blue Cross/Blue Shield Reports Heavy Obamacare Losses Across the Country"Bending the cost curve down: How does it work? [read post]
29 Aug 2014, 11:29 am
As of September 2, 2014, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBSM) commercial plans (non-Medicare) will implement new quantity limits for Oxycodone immediate release tablets and capsules (sold under the brand names of Roxicodone an OxyIR) and Oxymorphone immediate release tablets (sold under the brand name of Opana) of 180 per 30 days. [read post]
30 Nov 2015, 11:26 am
For examples, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan does not cover services that health care providers render to themselves or any first-degree relatives, including parents, siblings, spouse and children. [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 Blues are… [read post]
11 Jan 2022, 4:00 am
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, (ED MI, Jan. 3, 2022), a Michigan federal district court denied a preliminary injunction to an employee who was to be fired because he refused to comply with his employer's COVID vaccine mandate. [read post]
8 Feb 2014, 12:07 pm
No Obamacare.Hundreds of people with HIV/AIDS in Louisiana trying to obtain coverage under President Barack Obama's healthcare reform are in danger of being thrown out of the insurance plan they selected in a dispute over federal subsidies and the interpretation of federal rules about preventing Obamacare fraud.Some healthcare advocates see discrimination in the move, but Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana says it is not trying to keep people with HIV/AIDS from… [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]
24 Oct 2017, 6:00 am
We've seen something similar before, so I'm a bit skeptical at this point.Still, a big deal if true.3 - And this, also from Jeff M, who is obviously lying:"Tens of thousands of North Carolinians got letters in the mail from Blue Cross Blue Shield this week, saying their already steep monthly health insurance premiums will close to double in many cases starting January 1"Looks like someone misspelled "3000% rate decrease. [read post]
17 Jan 2008, 4:12 pm
It was better to walk the long perimeter, or "Ring Road," than to cross the park sometimes. [read post]
17 Jul 2020, 9:08 am
That is a diagnostic procedure that combines X-rays and computers to give doctors a better look at patients’ lungs with multiple views and cross-sectional images. [read post]
20 Apr 2009, 12:08 pm
Gigi's presentation was a quick and dirty basic introduction to legal research; from how to interpret a citation, to core reference materials (the Blue Book and Black's Law Dictionary), to the types of primary and secondary materials - print & online - available.Tim talked about what kind of research/reference services non-law librarians can provide their pro se patrons that should not and will not require the librarians to actually "practice" law (a boundary one can… [read post]
3 Sep 2009, 6:02 pm
Anthem Blue Cross and Kaiser each rejected 28 percent of claims, and Cigna denied 33 percent. [read post]
17 Feb 2020, 1:33 pm
A group of health insurers in the United States also plan to manufacture generic drugs: The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA), 18 independent and locally-operated Blue Cross and Blue Shield (BCBS) companies and Civica Rx (Civica, Inc.) announced today their partnership to create a new subsidiary dedicated to lowering the cost of select generic drugs. [read post]
21 Mar 2011, 2:49 pm
The truck, described by witnesses as a white pickup with a blue driver's door left the scene of the accident. [read post]
