News For: Blue Care Or OregonUniversal Health Care Supporters Rally ELMIRA -- Advocates for universal health care are asking New York lawmakers in Washington, "Whose side are you on?" The group Citizen Action of New York held a rally in front of the Excellus Blue Cross-Blue Shield office in Elmira Wednesday. Siteman Cancer Center to open 24/7 cancer care clinic The Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine will open a 24/7 cancer care clinic to give cancer patients an alternative to emergency rooms, where they expose their weakened immune systems to patients with infectious diseases. Blue Shield of California awards $29.5M in bonuses to California medical groups Blue Shield of California said Tuesday it’s awarding $29.5 million in performance bonuses to California medical groups and IPAs this year, compared with $31 million last year. Massachusetts Lawmakers Pass Legislation To Attract More Primary Care Physicians To State As Wait Times For ... The average wait time for an appointment with a primary care physician in Massachusetts this year increased to 36 days from 34 days in 2007, according to an annual study by the Massachusetts Medical Society, the AP/Boston Herald reports AP/Boston Herald, 9/22. AMA president urges broadened health care WASHINGTON -- The Buffalo physician who heads the American Medical Association came to the capital Tuesday to reignite the debate on universal health care at a time of great sickness in the American economy. LOCAL NEWS Supporters of the Health Care for America Now coalition will assemble at 11 a.m. today outside the Excellus Blue Cross/Blue Shield insurance offices at 150 N. Main St. in Elmira for a demonstration and press conference. Healthcare Insurer Medical Mutual and VITAS Innovative Hospice Care Sign Multi-State Agreement VITAS Innovative Hospice Care® and Medical Mutual have signed a national agreement to ensure access to quality hospice services for Medical Mutual members who reside in major metro markets served by VITAS. Health-Care Costs for U.S. Employers Rise 5 Percent, Study Says Sept. 24 -- Employer-sponsored health insurance for a family cost an average of $12,680 this year, a 5 percent increase from 2007, a survey of U.S. businesses found. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas adds long-term care Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas is expanding its portfolio of insurance offerings to include LTC Blue, a long-term care product designed to help individuals protect their assets and secure their independence. AARP holds health care seminar Several groups in the medical field met in Syracuse Tuesday for a health care seminar sponsored by AARP. The seminar featured a forum discussion with doctors and nurses on how to ensure affordable health care for all Americans. |




