An influential doubter poured cold water on the Obama administration's promise that health insurance marketplaces across the U.S. will be open for business in a matter of months, even as officials stand by their word that enrollment will begin in every state Oct. 1. FULL STORY »
Excellus Blue Cross and Blue Shield announced the appointment of Wheeler Coleman to the newly created role of senior VP and CIO of the Lifetime Healthcare Cos. and its subsidiary Excellus Blue Cross and Blue Shield. FULL STORY »
By Scott Serota and Susan DeVore | January 26, 2013
| Print Magazine
Most Americans know that healthcare is too expensive, and that we should get better value for our money. In fact, we spend twice as much on healthcare as other nations while getting about the same results. FULL STORY »
The government's ongoing probe of hospitals and physicians overbilling Medicare for the breast-cancer drug Herceptin found errors in more than three-quarters of all claims that it audited. FULL STORY »
Blue Health Intelligence, the Chicago-based healthcare data miner founded by the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, has acquired Intelimedix, a Tampa, Fla., healthcare data analytics firm. FULL STORY »
Texas Health Resources, Arlington, Texas, and insurer Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas announced talks to form an accountable care organization. FULL STORY »
By Associated Press | January 05, 2013
| Basic Web
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan officials hoped to start the new year with an operational overhaul that included ending its tax-exempt status, changing how it's regulated and transforming itself from a charitable trust to a customer-owned nonprofit. Instead, they're beginning 2013 doing what... FULL STORY »
The Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota board of trustees hired Michael Guyette to take over as president and CEO of the company, the insurer's third top leader in less than a year's time after an investigation led to the departure of a previous CEO after just five months on the job. FULL STORY »
Anthem Blue Cross, Woodland Hills, Calif., will expand its accountable care network with a care-coordination program for fully insured preferred provider organizations. FULL STORY »
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