11/30/2008 News For: Blue Cross Of IllonisBlue 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 ... Blue Cross makes temporary deal with RI hospitals Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island has reached a temporary deal with a state hospital chain while negotiations continue over reimbursement rates. 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 ... 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. 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... Elderly man, pets killed in Blue Island fire Bernard Clancy, 72, was killed in the Blue Island fire, according to the medical examiner's office. Promises, promises I just received my notice from Blue Cross and Blue Shield notifying me of my increase in my present ... 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. U.S. 'Not Getting What We Pay For' Talk to the chief executives of America's preeminent health-care institutions, and you might be surprised by what you hear: When it comes to medical care, the United States isn't getting its money's worth. Not even close. |




