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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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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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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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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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Not-for-profit systems back support for ACA
By Melanie Evans | May 14, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
If HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius was calling health execs seeking donations, she didn't ask some of the largest not-for-profit hospital systems or their national trade group. She didn't need to.
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HMA, Florida Blue plan to launch ACO
By Rachel Landen | May 02, 2013
Health Management Associates, Naples, Fla., and Florida Blue, Florida's Blue Cross and Blue Shield company, will form an accountable care organization to serve patients in Brevard County, Fla.
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L.A. jury sides with doctor in Anthem Blue Cross case
By Los Angeles Times | April 10, 2013
In a rare case, a Los Angeles jury awarded $3.8 million in compensatory damages to a Porter Ranch, Calif., doctor who contended insurance giant Anthem Blue Cross retaliated against him for being a strong patient advocate.
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Researchers seek to tap economics, psychology to promote health
By Melanie Evans | April 08, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
In Florida, one wellness program that offered smokers a financial incentive to get help to quit drew just two participants in five years. And in Pennsylvania, patients in a cash lottery were eligible for prizes when they took medication as scheduled. Patients reported a sharp drop—to a mean...
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Mich. Blues case dropped | Justice Department closes antitrust case, but scrutiny to continue
By Joe Carlson | March 30, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
The U.S. Justice Department closed its widely watched antitrust case against Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan, but the government is expected to continue scrutinizing how insurers use controversial “most-favored nation” pricing contracts in other states.
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