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Anthem Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Indiana To Implement Pay-For-Performance Program  Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Indiana is planning to increase payments by as much as 10% for physicians who follow recommended care guidelines, the Indianapolis Star reports. The program will use information from the Indiana Health Information Exchange's Quality Health First program.

Cost-cutting at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of MA  ?Health insurer Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts is trying to cut costs in anticipation more competition in the marketplace and a drop in enrollment.? The Boston Globe, citing an internal company e-mail, reports today that the state's largest health insurer is not planning layoffs, but wants to reduce staff through attrition, boost productivity through the use of technology, and allow ...

St. Francis site has Anthem update  Indianapolis The Sisters of St. Francis Health Services -- which is threatening to leave Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield's provider network -- has established a Web site to provide information to its patients covered by Anthem policies. The new site, stfrancis-anthem.blogspot.com, provides updates and background information regarding St. Francis' plans to leave Anthem's provider network ...

VMware Virtualization Platform Helps Independence Blue Cross  VMware has announced that Independence Blue Cross IBCis using VMware's industry-leading datacenter virtualization and management suite, VMware Infrastructure 3, to improve the efficiency of its business operations. IBC covers 3.4 million members and processes more than 32 million claims each year. As the company has grown, IBC found its computing environment becoming increasingly cumbersome and ...

Employees meet about BGMC/Anthem network change  About 20 members of Western's faculty and staff met with an official from the Bowling Green Medical Clinic yesterday to voice concerns about BGMC dropping out of Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield's insurance network. Anthem's network is the group of health care providers that customers can go to for a discounted rate.

VMware Platform Helps Independence Blue Cross Improve Performance and System Reliability  VMware, Inc. NYSE:VMW, the global leader in virtualization solutions from the desktop to the datacenter, today announced that Independence Blue Cross IBC, the largest health insurer in Philadelphia, is using VMware's industry-leading datacenter virtualization and management suite, VMware Infrastructure 3, to improve the efficiency of its business operations.

Women in labour turned away  A THIRD of women in labour have been turned away from a Blue Mountains hospital because of a lack of medical specialists at its newly reopened birthing service. The centre opened last month after closing temporarily due to staff shortages.

Blue Financial Ratings  Blue Cross Blue Shield has been asking to raise its rates, and the North Dakota State Insurance Commissioner has so far denied the request. Today, the Blues say they`re seeing fallout. Chief Executive Officer Mike Unhjem says one of their key financial ratings has been lowered.

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