Blue Shield Select, Minnesota

10/23/2008 News For:

Blue Shield Select, Minnesota

WellPoint 3Q earnings down 5.4 percent  Health Insurer WellPoint Inc., parent company of Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Wisconsin, reported that third-quarter net income declined 5.4 percent, primarily on investment losses. WLP

Blue Cross Blue Shield's Financial Outlook Down   A major insurer's financial outlook is down a notch Friday night. One of its key financial ratings took a hit. The Standard and Poor's agency says Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota's rating has gone from A to A minus.

Anthem unveils cheaper option for students, uninsured  With statistics showing that nearly 18 percent of Coloradans lack health insurance, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Colorado is introducing a price-conscious, individual plan aimed at early retirees, students and the uninsured.

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 ...

UPI NewsTrack Health and Science News   Post-transplant steroid therapy: Unneeded? ... Physicists discover new state of matter ... Study seeks new cancer immunotherapy ... Study: Ripe bananas look blue in UV light ... Health/Science news from UPI.

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.

Blues survey shows growth in CHDPs  The number of individuals enrolled in consumer-driven health plans has grown 25% over last year, and the plans are attracting more cost-conscious and engaged consumers, a new survey by the Washington-based Blue Cross and Blue Shield Assn. has found.

Man's Surgery Performed On The Wrong Ankle  A Minnesota man is permanently disabled because of a medical mistake at a Twin Cities hospital when a surgeon operated on the wrong body part. Surgical mistakes like that happened more than 200 times in Minnesota over the last five years.

'Dig for the Cure' match goes to the Dragons 3-0  Lysaker Gymnasium on the University of Minnesota, Crookston campus was adorned in pink on Saturday evening as the Golden Eagles and the MSU Moorhead Dragons played in the "Dig for the Cure" match in recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The score was tied nine times in the match but the Dragons stayed perfect, defeating the Golden Eagles 3-0 24-26, 19-25, 23-25 for the second time this ...

U of MN study shows link between gene variations and cancer survival   University of Minnesota Scientific research shows that certain genes can influence a person's likelihood to contract particular diseases, cancer for example. New research at the Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota demonstrates that genetic markers may also show a person's likelihood to survive the disease.

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