News For: Blue Choice Nv NevadaWatertown Town Council implores Blue Cross to cut ties with "No Place for Hate" Town Council unanimously adopted a resolution that Blue Cross end its endorsement of ���No Place for Hate��� because of the Anti-Defamation League's refusal to unambiguously acknowledge the Armenian Genocide and end its active opposition to Congressional affirmation of the Armenian Genocide. Blue Shield of California awards $29.5M in bonuses to medical groups Blue Shield of California said Tuesday it���s awarding $29.5 million in performance bonuses to California medical groups and independent practice associations IPAs this year, compared with $31 million last year. Independence Blue Cross Earns Full Re-Accreditation in Health Utilization Management and Case Management from URAC Independence Blue Cross announced that Independence Health Care Management, a wholly owned IBC subsidiary, has been awarded full accreditation in Health Utilization Management and Case Management from URAC, a Washington, DC-based health care accrediting organization that establishes quality standards for the health care industry. Horizon Blue's Conversion to For-Profit Status May Alter Plan's Existing Pricing Strategy HealthLeaders-InterStudy, a leading provider of managed care market intelligence, reports that, if approved, conversion by Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey to for-profit status may prompt the plan to adopt a more conservative approach to pricing. Is endoscopic ultrasound a better choice for staging of gastric cancers? Gastric cancer is one of the most common cancers. The prognosis of patients with gastric cancer is determined by the tumor extent. EUS has emerged as one of the tests for preoperative staging of upper gastrointestinal cancers. However, the accuracy of EUS in staging gastric cancers has been varied. The goal of this meta-analysis and systematic review by Puli et al. was to evaluate the accuracy ... **BREAKING NEWS** Nevada incident under investigation A Nevada resident is in critical condition at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines, and two Nevada police officers are on paid administrative leave, following an event that occurred in Nevada Friday evening. |

