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Denver Health to cut 300 jobs as Anthem adds 300
By Andis Robeznieks | July 19, 2013
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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Highmark launching accountable care network in Pa.
By Rachel Landen | July 19, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Pittsburgh-based insurer Highmark Health Services is creating an accountable care network as the next step in an ambitious and nationally watched move into healthcare delivery.
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Modern Physician
Reform Update: Docs urged to consider patients' financial stress
By Melanie Evans | July 11, 2013
Doctors should talk to patients about their financial concerns relating to their medical care with questions such as, “Are you worried about how your medical care will be paid for?” And they should discuss treatment options and costs with patients, according to a commentary in the...
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Walgreens, Blues team up on exchange campaign
By Rachel Landen | July 10, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Walgreens, the nation's largest drugstore chain, is teaming up with the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association on a national campaign to educate the public about state health insurance exchanges.
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Information
Insurers may skip health plans in much of Miss.
By Jeff Amy / Associated Press | June 21, 2013
People in 36 of Mississippi's 82 counties may not be able to buy health insurance through the new federal online marketplace when it starts enrolling customers in October.
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Louisiana Blue Cross plan to provide telehealth
By The Advocate (Baton Rouge, La.) | June 21, 2013
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana this fall will offer members of a new health insurance plan the ability to consult their doctors via their iPads, iPhones, Android devices and webcam-equipped PCs. It’s the first time the state’s largest health insurer will offer a telehealth...
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Hospitals sue Miss. Blues over payments
By Associated Press | June 20, 2013
Ten Mississippi hospitals are alleging that Blue Cross Blue Shield of Mississippi shortchanged them by more than $13 million by improperly reduced inpatient payments for a range of medical services.
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News
Medicare Advantage enrollment rose, despite ACA, Kaiser report shows
By Jonathan Block | June 10, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Despite concern that the healthcare reform law would dampen Medicare Advantage enrollment, the opposite has happened so far, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation.
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Magazine
Incentives added | Annual survey of association executive compensation shows pay rising faster than revenue growth, with performance targets increasingly part of the plan
By Melanie Evans | June 08, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Executives at large healthcare associations made healthy financial gains in 2011 as the industry continued to grapple with the transition and uncertainty of health reform.
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News
Order prevents Phoebe Putney from integrating new hospital
By Joe Carlson | May 15, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Phoebe Putney Health System, which has gone to the Supreme Court and back in its quest to buy a rival hospital, lost a key legal battle when a judge imposed a restraining order on the union.
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