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3 May 2010, 5:59 am by Juvans Health Law Update
Executive Summary on Highmark and Independence Blue Cross Parting Ways The Antitrust, Business Law and Governance and Payors Plans and Managed Care Practice Groups are pleased to issue a co-sponsored Executive Summary entitled, "Highmark and Independence Blue Cross Part Ways—Pennsylvania Regulatory Hurdles Thwart Attempted Consolidation" (subscription required). [read post]
21 Jan 2009, 6:50 am
According to an article in today's Philadelphia Inquirer, the Pennsylvania Insurance Department has apparently unofficially informed Highmark Blue Shield and Independence Blue Cross of certain conditions it will place on the merger. [read post]
21 Jan 2009, 11:59 am
In what is surely to be a bright spot for most physician in Pennsylvania, Independence Blue Cross and Highmark announced today that they are withdrawing their request to merge. [read post]
21 Oct 2008, 4:18 pm
Copies of the public documents associated with the Highmark/Independence Blue Cross merger request can be found on the Pennsylvania Insurance Department website here. [read post]
23 Jul 2009, 2:36 pm
I wonder if there is a way to tell Keystone Independence Blue Cross? [read post]
5 Jan 2012, 3:13 pm by Bonny Rafel
Independence Blue Cross makes clear that, in the case of an out-of- network provider, the language in an insurance policy can make all the difference in determining the efficacy of this intermediary role. [read post]
13 Dec 2010, 1:50 pm by Thaddeus Mason Pope, J.D., Ph.D.
 As both a Pennsylvania and a federal taxpayer, I do not want to see my tax dollars (through Medicaid or Medicare) or even my plan dollars (Independence Blue Cross) go the treatment of a patient in a persistent vegetative state. [read post]
20 Apr 2016, 11:43 am by Aaron Weems
Aaron is a partner in Fox Rothschild’s Blue Bell, Pennsylvania office and practices throughout the greater Philadelphia region. [read post]
20 Apr 2016, 11:43 am by Aaron Weems
Aaron is a partner in Fox Rothschild’s Blue Bell, Pennsylvania office and practices throughout the greater Philadelphia region. [read post]
26 Jun 2014, 2:32 pm by Amber Walsh
-based independent physician group, in 2011; Highmark, a Blue Cross and Blue Shield licensee in Pennsylvania, acquiring West Penn Allegheny Health System, a financially troubled hospital system in Pittsburgh, in 2013; Humana acquiring Concentra, an urgent- and occupational-care provider, in 2010; Humana acquiring SeniorBridge Family Cos., a provider of in-home care for seniors, in 2012; and WellPoint acquiring CareMore Health Group, a Medicare Advantage… [read post]
14 Feb 2012, 6:05 pm by Elizabeth Litten
 The Philadelphia Business Journal (the “Journal”) also reported today that three large Blues plans in Pennsylvania and New Jersey (Highmark Inc., Independence Blue Cross, and Horizon Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Jersey) and a health information technology company, Lumeris Corp. [read post]
16 May 2008, 1:43 pm
He's got to patch together enough cross-over votes before he can start packing the moving van and sending it to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. [read post]
22 Jun 2011, 3:36 pm by Nycole A. Thompson
In J.S., a then-middle school student in Pennsylvania’s Blue Mountain School District used an off-campus computer to create a fake MySpace profile ridiculing her principal, James McGonigle. [read post]
30 May 2021, 4:07 pm by INFORRM
  He was a strong supporter of independent and effective press regulation. [read post]
12 Jan 2012, 12:07 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
  Examples of how states have used this authority include: In New Mexico, the state insurance division denied a request from Presbyterian Healthcare for a 9.7 percent rate hike, lowering it to 4.7 percent; In Connecticut, the state stopped Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, the state’s largest insurer, from hiking rates by a proposed 12.9 percent, instead limiting it to a 3.9 percent increase; In Oregon, the state denied a proposed 22.1 percent rate hike by… [read post]
26 Mar 2020, 7:43 am by Mary Cutler
Blue Cross Blue Shield (General Association)[10] BCBS announced that its network of 36 independent and locally operated companies will: waive prior authorizations for diagnostic tests and covered services for COVID-19, and cover those tests at no cost share to members. [read post]