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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]
7 Feb 2015, 1:49 am by Jon Gelman
Today's post was shared by Kaiser Health News and comes from kaiserhealthnews.org Leslie Goldfarb of Charlotte had been talking to two surgeons about knee surgery and worrying about her out-of-pocket costs.When she recently read about a new online database from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, she checked the average reimbursement for those surgeons. [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]
29 Aug 2014, 5:59 am by Jim Sedor
In 2014, his roughly two dozen clients include health care companies such as GlaxoSmithKline and Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina, as well as the North Carolina Association of Realtors and Pepsico. [read post]
18 Jul 2014, 11:33 am by Marty Lederman
 Application of the accommodation in the case of “self-insured” plans, however, may raise slightly more complicated questions.Insured plansMost employers purchase their employees’ insurance coverage from an insurance company, or issuer, such as Aetna or Blue Cross/Blue Shield. [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]
4 Jul 2014, 8:52 am by Marty Lederman
  Therefore, without more, the government would appear not to have the authority under ERISA to direct Blue Cross to provide contraceptive coverage. [read post]
14 Jun 2014, 2:58 am by Marty Lederman
  Of the other six, five have contracted with regulated private insurers (such as Blue Cross Blue Shield) to offer a health insurance plan to their employees, while the sixth offers its employees access to “self-insured” plans that are administered by private parties such as Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Express Scripts. [read post]
26 Dec 2013, 9:49 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
  For instance,  OCR required that Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee (BCBST) to pay $1.5 million to resolve HIPAA violations charges. [read post]
9 Dec 2013, 7:01 am by Lyle Denniston
, by a labor union benefit plan, and by a Blue Cross-Blue Shield entity in Louisiana. [read post]
2 Dec 2013, 6:58 am by Mack Sperling
  HNS negotiates with Payors (insurance companies like Blue Cross/Blue Shield and other third party purchasers of chiropractic services) to establish reimbursement rates for its members. [read post]
29 Sep 2013, 7:34 pm
The federal government negotiated the benefits and premiums for the Blue Cross and Blue Shield products, so this plan carries a federal seal of approval. [read post]
19 Sep 2013, 9:53 am by Bexis
 As a result, it is preferable to examine objectively the causal association between promotion and sales using econometric models. [read post]
13 Jun 2013, 12:45 pm
Bailit's study, shared on Tuesday at the National Bundled Payment Summit in Washington, DC, highlights two successful case studies that have moved a bundled payment program from a pilot stage to a permanent reimbursement strategy: Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC) and Horizon Healthcare Services, Inc. [read post]
14 May 2013, 10:01 am
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBSM) is auditing physicians who have conducted in-office Drug of Abuse (DOA) screening test. [read post]
13 May 2013, 6:38 pm
A case study of Blue Cross/Blue Shield health plan insurance claims shows a 2.2-fold increased risk of hospitalization for acute pancreatitis among patients treated with sitagliptin (Januvia, Janumet, Juvisync) and exenatide (Byetta, Bydureon). [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]
18 Apr 2013, 3:02 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
BCBSTX Member Resources Earlier today, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas also shared an e-mail with its employer group plan sponsors containing resources for members of plans it insures or administers. [read post]
16 Apr 2013, 1:55 pm
Serota of the BlueCross BlueShield Association, a federation of local Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies; and Joseph R. [read post]
20 Mar 2013, 6:09 am by The Health Law Firm
Another major breach involved WellPoint, the largest managed health care company in the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. [read post]