11/25/2008 News For: Blue Cross s Health InsuranceOverland Park company will coordinate mental health claims for Blue Cross of Kansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas has selected an Overland Park company to help coordinate patients' mental health claims. 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. 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. The settlement would, subject to approval by a federal judge, treat future claims more liberally and make internal reforms to resolve disputes over benefits for eating disorders. And Horizon would ... BYU professor studes affordable options for health insurance BYU economics professor, Mark Showalter, was appointed to the White House's Council of Economic Advisors to figure how to make health insurance more affordable for the millions of Americans who are not insured through their employer. 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. Loan OK'd for Blue Cross, Blue Shield Headquarters Mountain State Blue Cross Blue Shield is getting help from the state to build a new headquarters in Parkersburg. Prognosis poor for state medical risk insurance pool The state major risk health insurance pool that covers less than 2 percent of all California's medically uninsurable residents could become more ineffective as the number of eligible participants is expected to increase and program funding drops, health experts say. Keiki Care health insurance to end The Keiki Care Plan, a state program once hailed as a step toward providing health insurance for all residents, is falling victim to a poor economy and cost cuts and will lapse at year's end. 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. 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. |




