10/22/2008 News For: Blue Shield SupplementSt. 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 ... Health clinic renews insurance contract Oct. 14, 2008 ? Like many other state medical institutions, Northeastern Rural Health felt a bit of a pinch when it comes to the budget. The Clinic recently had to enter into renegotiations with Blue Shield of California, causing temporary problems with patients covered by the insurance carrier. 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. 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. Oct. 22: Local News Briefs National Active and Retired Federal Employees Chapter 36 will meet at noon Thursday at Perkins Restaurant, 5033 S. Scatterfield Road, Anderson. The speaker will be Shanmarie Unverzagt of Anthem Blue Cross. 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. 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. WellPoint's Profit Declines 5.4% on Bad Investments (Update3) Oct. 22 -- WellPoint Inc. , the health insurer for one of every nine Americans, said third-quarter profit fell 5.4 percent, dragged down by bad investments in Fannie Mae , Freddie Mac and Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. |




