News For: Blue Cross Temporary Insurance CoverageCompetition Between Two Pennsylvania Blue Cross Insurers Would Improve Market For Consumers, Report Finds Pennsylvania health care providers and consumers would benefit more if insurers Independence Blue Cross and Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield remained competitors rather than collaborators, according to a consultant hired by the Pennsylvania Insurance Department to evaluate the issue, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. Illinois health economics firm LECG conducted the study. County adopts insurance plans The Crawford County Board of Commissioners on Friday approved health insurance coverage plans for its employees for next year. Finance Q&A: Job loss and health insurance Question: I just lost my job. What are the best options for preserving some form of health insurance? Answer: Don't confuse "best" with "affordable." One of the first lessons many unemployed people learn is how expensive health insurance really can be. Premera enrollees may lose coverage Unless an agreement is reached by the beginning of 2009, patients with Premera Blue Cross would be unable to use their insurance at four area hospitals and other facilities. Tangiers International Expands Regional Medical Coverage to Baghdad, Iraq Tangiers International Ltd., a global provider of Insurance Support Services, announces the opening of Medical Support Services and facilities in Baghdad, Iraq for contractors covered under the Defense Base Act. Premera Blue Cross Expands Provider Network; Welcomes Back Puget Sound Family Physicians MOUNTLAKE TERRACE, Wash.----Premera Blue Cross and Puget Sound Family Physicians announced today that they had reached agreement on a new three-year contract that will bring the practice and more than 40 physicians back into the Blue Cross Network effective September 15, 2008. Kudos Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina is one of four employers based in the state that made Working Mother magazine's 100 Best Companies list this year. TV, Radio Red Sox at Blue Jays, 7 p.m. Twins at Rays, 7 p.m. Holy Cross at Harvard, 7 p.m. Baylor at UConn, 8 p.m. Athol at Oxford, 7 p.m. Skarupa Named President of Insurance Claims Processor PGBA Michael J. Skarupa, who has more than 29 years of experience in the health insurance industry, has been promoted to president and chief operating officer of insurance claims processor PGBA, LLC, a subsidiary of BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina. Unions want more time to decide on insurance switch The towns' labor unions say they are willing to negotiate about joining the state's health insurance pool - but not for next fiscal year, as town officials were hoping. |




