11/25/2008 News For: Blue Cross cpt Codes Health InsuranceAnthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield and Anthem Life in Connecticut Partner with the Chamber Insurance Trust to Offer ... 40,000 local businesses and 79 working Chambers of Commerce throughout Connecticut will soon be able to offer their employees and members an extensive portfolio of life and disability products, thanks to a new program developed by Anthem Life Insurance Company and its affiliate Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Connecticut. Blue 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. Blue Cross to offer records on cell phones 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. 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. Lack of insurance, increase in drug abuse put youths' health in danger While a lack of health insurance and burgeoning substance abuse are threatening the health of youth in the Mid-Willamette Valley, area agencies and lawmakers continue to look for ways to develop or expand programs to address these problems. Michigan Attorney General Says Lawmakers Should Not Pass Health Insurance Legislation In Lame-Duck Session Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox R and consumer advocates on Tuesday asked the state Legislature to abandon plans to approve legislation in the upcoming lame-duck session that would allow Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, the state's insurer of last resort, to restructure, the Detroit Free Press reports Bell, Detroit Free Press, 11/18. 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. Health care task force's plan offers little immediate help to middle class Ross William Hamilton, The OregonianLike a growing number of middle-class Oregonians, Kathy Brown, 60, and her husband, Steve, 63, have seen health care costs erode their standard of living and retirement plans. Both had jobs and health insurance when Steve... United offers new insurance plans UnitedHealthcare?s Golden Rule Insurance Co. has launched a new portfolio of health insurance plans for individuals and families in Florida and 19 other states. Pa. senators ask insurance commissioner to reject proposed merger of 2 big health insurers Martha Raffaele November 21, 2008 - 08:11 a.m. HARRISBURG, Pa. - A Pennsylvania Senate committee on Thursday urged the state insurance commissioner to block a proposed merger of the state's two largest health insurers. |

