11/25/2008 News For: Blue Cross Blue Shield Florida locations Health InsuranceBlue Cross takes health-improvement mission into community When Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota started an employee council to promote volunteer efforts, the group soon came back with a recommendation: Provide some incentives. Coalition calls for close watch on Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield State regulators must press Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield to show senior citizens and working poor families will benefit if it becomes a for-profit company, a new advocacy group closely monitoring the deal said today. Set up as New Jersey's... 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,... Related Articles: NEWTON -- As of midnight Saturday, Newton Memorial Hospital and insurer Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey ended their contract. Earlier this year, Newton Memorial Hospital announced it would terminate the agreement with Horizon health insurance. Blue Cross Health Plans Designate Hospitals for Best Heart Care Nov. 18 -- Heart patients have lower costs when treated at hospitals that are top-rated for quality, according to a review of claims by Blue Cross plans. Lew Perkins Receives Civic Giant Award University of Kansas Athletics Director Lew Perkins Monday night received Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City's inaugural Civic Giant Award at halftime of the KU-Washington basketball game at the Sprint Center. Blue Cross Blue Shield changes Michigan's largest health insurance carrier says it continues to lose money on its coverage for individuals. Dec. 1 deadline looms to join state health insurance plan Mayor Joseph Sullivan and town employees must come to an agreement before Dec. 1 in order for Braintree to enroll, starting next summer, in the Group Insurance Commission GIC, which provides health insurance and other benefits for more than 294,000 state employees and select other groups. Group calls for probe of Mellow?s Blue Cross appointment 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. Insurance group says it may not drop Medicaid coverage TRENTON -- Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey disputed a watchdog group's claim Thursday it plans to drop Medicaid coverage if state officials approve its application to convert to a for-profit company. |




