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13 May 2009, 9:54 am
A prime example is the experience in Massachusetts, where Blue Cross/Blue Shield, the dominant insurer, reached an understanding with the dominant hospital system, Partners Healthcare, that entrenched higher prices for health insurance and hospital care. [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]
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]
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]
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]
28 Dec 2008, 7:39 am
The first up, Blue Cross and Blue Shield, which freely agreed to the demands of Partners in a "gentlemen's agreement" sealed with a handshake. [read post]
22 Dec 2008, 11:32 pm
Update 12/29/08: The Boston Globe comes back for more, alleging an antitrust violation in an unwritten agreement between Partners and Blue Cross Blue Shield of MA. [read post]
14 Nov 2008, 11:44 am
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, 08-1287. [read post]
15 Sep 2008, 2:00 pm
If it's expensive, they'll walk away," said Mary Lehnhard, a senior vice president at Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. [read post]
4 Sep 2008, 2:56 am
 New Jersey has, through Blue Cross and Blue Shield has been using something called the Leapfrog Hospital Rewards Program to offer incentives and bonuses that are quite substantial to hospitals that demonstrate improvement or demonstrate achievements in their performance. [read post]
10 Jul 2008, 6:25 pm
Kornowicz's request, acknowledging its legal obligation to recognize her marriage, and passed it on to Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Western New York, the insurance company that provides group health insurance coverage to employees of the school district under a group insurance contract. [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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
27 Jan 2008, 3:43 am
The other "legs" will come -- the quality leg is well underway and cost will ultimately be addressed in myriad ways, including reductions in cost thanks to access to primary care as well as paradigm shifts in reimbursement such as the recently-announced Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts experiment. [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]
3 Jan 2008, 7:18 am
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, which basically reads as a mini-treatise on a number of interesting issues arising in ERISA litigation. [read post]
8 Aug 2007, 3:30 am
Commonwealth Choice is a commercial insurance program available to those whose income exceed 300% of the FPL and provides access to high quality, affordable health plans offered through Blue Cross Blue Shield, Fallon Community Healthcare, Neighborhood Health Plan, Tufts Health Plan and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care to uninsured individuals and small businesses. [read post]
