11/25/2008 News For: Blue Cross Blue Shield New JerseyHorizon 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. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Spotlights Local Medical Facilities That Are Improving Health Care Quality and ... BOSTON----Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts announced today that local medical facilities with the Blue Distinction? designation are making a difference in health care outcomes and value. Attorney General pummels Blue Cross plan to deregulate company The one consensus among mid-Michigan lawmakers is there is no consensus on how the final version of bills regulating Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Michigan might look when it lands in the Legislature. In a press conference Wednesday in Saginaw,... Condell to accept Blue Cross again Condell Medical Center in Libertyville will finalize a merger with Advocate Health Care on Dec. 1, which will pave the way for reinstating Blue Cross Blue Shield insurance at the facility. Pa. committee not supporting Independence Blue Cross-Highmark merger Pennsylvania?s Senate Banking and Insurance Committee voted 10-to-4 on Thursday to recommend against the merger of health insurers Highmark Inc. and Independence Blue Cross. Blue Cross to offer cell phone access to medical records ? DANIEL AXELROD WILKES-BARRE ? Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania announced Friday an agreement with Microsoft and Covisint, of Detroit, to develop an electronic health records and information exchange system, which will include cell phone access for consumers and health care providers. Insurer disputes claim it plans to drop Medicaid coverage Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey disputed a watchdog group's claim Thursday that it plans to drop Medicaid coverage if state officials approve its application to convert to a for-profit company. Michigan AG Cox Says Blue Cross Is Trying To Raise Rates Attorney General Mike Cox said Tuesday that Blue Cross is attempting to raise health insurance rates. Washington Medical Quality Measurably Improves: Premera Blue Cross 2008 Quality Score Card MOUNTLAKE TERRACE, Wash.----Since 2002, Washington physicians have steadily improved their adherence to prevailing quality standards, according to the 2008 Quality Score Card produced by Premera Blue Cross and 15 large medical groups. Senator?s role for Blue Cross questioned HARRISBURG ? A legislative reform group called Tuesday for an ethics investigation to determine whether Sen. Robert Mellow?s recent appointment to the board of Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania and a subsidiary is a conflict of interest. |

