Blue Cross and Blue Shield news and information

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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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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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, 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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