11/29/2008 News For: Blue Cross Blue Shields InsuranceBlue Cross tax break hits snag By ANTHONY SPANGLER FORT WORTH ��� A request by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas for $4.7 million in tax breaks to build a data center in the Alliance business corridor was derailed Tuesday when Tarrant County officials discovered that the health insurance provider owes the county hospital $5.2 million in unpaid charges. Tarrant County Administrator G.K. Maenius said the issue of unpaid bills to ... Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Maine Associates Pledge More Than $277,500 to Community Organizations Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Maine announced today that its associates have pledged more than $185,000 to support 212 not-for-profit organizations as part of the company's annual Associate Giving Campaign. Priority Health joins list of Blue Cross bill opponents Priority Health, a health insurance organization with offices in Farmington Hills and Grand Rapids, has joined a growing number of health and consumer organizations in opposing legislation promoted by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan... Blue Cross/Blue Shield Fee Changes Outrages Some Federal Workers Blue Cross/Blue Shield is making some federal employees and their doctors sick. Horizon Blue Cross Tentatively Settles Suit Over Coverage of Eating Disorders Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey made a preliminary agreement Monday to pay up to $3.6 million to end a class action suit alleging it wrongfully denied claims by eating-disorder patients. She thought hospital bill was paid off D ear Greg: In July 2006, my 8-year-old son, Zachary, was hospitalized for two nights at Arnold Palmer Hospital. At the time, our health insurance was Blue Cross Blue Shield through my husband's employer. The charges were $1,766. BCBS paid $1,413, leaving a balance of $353, which I paid as a deductible. In March this year, I began receiving notices from a collection agency that stated it was ... CNE, Blue Cross agree to contract extension Written by MOORE, RUSSELL J. Care New England CNE, the state���s second largest hospital chain, and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Rhode Island, the state���s dominant health insurer, agreed yesterday to a three-month contract extension. Amerks spook Monsters with 2-1 win Rochester... The Rochester Americans earned their third win of the season, beating the Lake Erie Monsters by a score of 2-1 tonight at the Blue Cross Arena. The game ends an Amerks seven-game winless streak. 2 eye-care groups leave Blue Cross Minnesotans who have grown accustomed to seeing any doctor they like may be heading into an era of more limited choice. At least two independent medical specialty groups are leaving the network of Minnesota's biggest health insurer because they can't agree on new reimbursement rates. Hospitals coping with cost of flood A blue metal wave marks the flood line and#8212; 4 feet high and#8212; on a pillar outside Mercy Medical Center.The hospital installed the line and accompanying plaque as a tribute to those who volunteered in the massive sandbagging effort to protect the building during June's historic flood."Imagine if all that water had breached the windows," Mercy CEO Tim Charles said. "I'm not sure I can ... |

