Blue Cross and Blue Shield news and information

It's not the sign that the Obama administration wants people to see on its health overhaul website: down for repairs.
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Having trouble logging in to healthcare.gov? Have no fear. In response to opening-day technical glitches and heavy traffic to its insurance marketplace website, HHS posted data Tuesday afternoon showing available plans and premiums across the 36 states with federally facilitated insurance...
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Doctor visits were given away at this year's Minnesota State Fair as freely as backpacks and yardsticks. Not on a stick, mind you, but online. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota handed out about 4,000 vouchers for e-visits with doctors through a website called Online Care Anywhere.
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A federal judge dismissed the heart of a surgical center's antitrust suit against Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois and a Downstate hospital network in a case that challenges a common insurance payment practice.
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Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota has hired two physicians—Dr. Andrea Hillerud and Dr. Maureen White—to help lead its medical affairs department.
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David Share, M.D., senior vice president of value partnerships with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, has been shepherding the Blues' patient-centered medical home project during the five years of its existence.
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MAYWOOD, Ill.—Loyola University Chicago is scheduled to break ground Aug. 16 on a new $137 million medical research and education building at its Health Sciences Campus in Maywood. A collaborative project with Catholic Health East-Trinity—the parent of Loyola University Health...
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MANHASSET, N.Y.—Only two hospitals have earned the U.S. Green Building Council's highest honor for the entirety of their operations: Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas, Austin; and Kiowa County Memorial Hospital, Greensburg, Kan. But Katz Women's Hospital in Manhasset is...
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Now in its fifth year, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan's patient-centered medical home program has certified 3,770 physicians in 1,243 practices for 2013, a 25% increase in physicians from 2012.
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A major healthcare provider in the Denver area announced it was eliminating 300 jobs, but then a major healthcare payer announced it was adding an equal number of new positions.
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