11/25/2008 News For: Blue Cross s Insurance IllinoisAnthem 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. 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. Pa. Senate Committee Opposes Insurance Co. Merger The state Senate Banking and Insurance Committee, in a non-binding vote, is recommending against approval of the merger of Highmark and Independence Blue Cross. Stick figures: Insurance plan needs realistic incentives We?ve never thought of season football tickets as a carrot, nor the loss of them as a stick. But state Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland?s game plan for mitigating Oklahoma?s uninsured problem included a suggestion that failure to buy health insurance should result in a penalty and loss of down.Loss of tickets or a driver?s license or homestead exemption were suggested as a way to punish those ... University of Illinois Medical Center Cutting 200 Jobs The University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago is cutting 200 jobs as part of an effort to cut costs by $25 million. Most of the job cuts will be in non-clinical areas and come through attrition, a spokeswoman said Sunday. That should amount to around $14 million, spokeswoman Sherri McGinnis Gonzalez said. U of Illinois Med Center to Eliminate Jobs The University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago will eliminate 200 positions over the next eight months. That's according to spokesperson Sherri McGinnis Gonz?lez. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Calls for Attorney General to Support Stronger Regulation of Commercial Insurers; ... Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan is asking Attorney General Mike Cox to stand behind stronger, new consumer-friendly regulations of commercial health insurance carriers that are included in a compromise on health insurance reform made public this week by the chair of a bipartisan conference committee of the Michigan House and Senate. Hospital explores insurance alternative Administrators, boardmembers and committees at Sonoma Valley Hospital are exploring the feasibility of establishing an alternative health insurance program through its joint powers authority with three other hospital districts. |




