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Managed Care June 2002	Anthem's Bid Latest in Blues Consolidation Anthem's $4 billion purchase of Trigon Health Care would make Anthem the largest owner of Blue Cross plans.
Managed Care December 2002 Frank Diamond	Blues on the Move The resurgence of what was once primarily known as the insurer of last resort has been breathtaking. Can it be sustained? Even better, replicated?
Managed Care April 2005 John Carroll	Cast Your Bread Upon the Waters?: The Debate Over Enforced Charity More and more health plans are being told that they need to do good if they want to do well. Is this fair? Are other industries forced to make charitable donations?
Managed Care August 2004	Anthem Bids To Help Maine Cover Uninsured The public-private partnership would set premiums based on ability to pay and be available to people living under 300 percent of the federal poverty level.
Managed Care December 2004 John Carroll	Anthem-WellPoint Deal A Windfall for Two States The Anthem-WellPoint merger is a done deal, thanks to buyer Anthem's generous offerings to two states whose approvals were needed to create the largest health insurer in the country.
Insurance & Technology September 9, 2009 Nathan Conz	Anthem Embraces Social Networking In Wisconsin, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield is leveraging a variety of social networking tools to interact with its members.
Insurance & Technology June 1, 2007 Nathan Conz	Anthem BCBS Expands Transparency Tool to Cincinnati, Lexington, Louisville and all of Indiana Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield will expand its transparency tool pilot program to new markets, a move that reflects the growing consumer-directed healthcare trend.
Managed Care June 2004	Mergers Remain Hot Topic In Managed Care Health plans increasingly find themselves in a position where they need to grow or else, according to A.M. Best, the rating company.
Insurance & Technology May 18, 2004	Cyber News It Pays to Webvisit... DST Vision Enhanced... Myanthem Announced... etc.
Managed Care April 2007 John Carroll	Mergers: Is Bigger Better? Health plan consolidation has its upside, but some who contract with insurers see only the downside.
Insurance & Technology March 5, 2009 Nathan Conz	BCBS of Kansas City Develops Video Communications Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City aims to engage group employers, individual customers and brokers with video communications from Benefitfocus.
The Motley Fool October 16, 2009 Brian Orelli	Congress to Insurers: Say Goodbye to Your Monopoly There's growing support in Congress to repeal insurers' federal antitrust exemption.
InternetNews November 6, 2009	Laptop Heist Exposes Doctors' Personal Data Another stolen laptop puts thousands of people's personal data at risk but this time it's the caregivers - not the patients - who are at risk.
Managed Care February 2004	Overall, a good climate in 2004 Operating performance is expected to be strong this year, thanks to moderating medical costs and rate increases that are forecast to run between 10 percent and 12 percent, on average.
BusinessWeek May 23, 2005	The WellPoint CEO's "Simple Philosophy" Larry Glasscock, head of the $45-billion-a-year health-care insurer WellPoint, discusses his "very humble beginnings," lessons learned from his company's merger, and pressing issues in health care.
Managed Care July 2004	Premium Hikes Slow As Plans Seek Members The opening murmurs in negotiations between health plans and large employers have been heard. Insurers are expected to seek an average 13.7 percent hike in premiums in 2005, according to a survey of 160 large employers.
Managed Care September 2000	Pending Affiliation Could Make Blues Group Biggest Not-for-Profit An affiliation between the parent of Blues companies in four Pacific Northwest states and the operator of Blues plans in Illinois and Texas will create the nation's largest not-for-profit insurer...
Insurance & Technology October 12, 2005 Lisa Valentine	Mission: Integration The CIO of the largest publicly traded commercial health benefits company in the U.S. shares his enterprise application integration strategy that has enabled WellPoint to reduce operating costs and integrate acquisitions quickly.
Managed Care December 2004 John Carroll	Executive Compensation Catches Up Pay tied to performance has become the norm outside of managed care. Now, the industry wants the same for its captains.
The Motley Fool July 27, 2004 Tom Taulli	What's at Stake in Managed Care Merger? Anthem and WellPoint's union may face a fight against California.
Managed Care February 2006 John Carroll	Consolidations Should Bring Nationwide Contracts The whole is often greater than the sum of its parts, and that is proving to be the case with health plans. Will we end up with just 4 or 5 competitors?
Insurance & Technology August 10, 2007 Nathan Conz	AHIP Looks to Standardize Personal Health Records As health insurers realize the value of personal health records, America's Health Insurance Plans looks to make them more portable.
Insurance & Technology October 12, 2009 Anthony O'Donnell	Lori Beer Drives IT to the Next Level at Post-Merger WellPoint Elite 8 honoree Lori Beer's tenure as CTO of WellPoint in the wake of the Anthem merger has helped position her to drive major platform consolidation and enterprise data and architecture initiatives as the insurer's CIO.
Managed Care November 2003	Industry profits seen rising again in 2004 The managed care industry is poised for a strong 2004, with profits projected to increase at least 16 percent, according to preliminary findings from "The Outlook for Managed Care, 2004," a report prepared by Corporate Research Group, a health care publisher.
Managed Care November 2007	Underwriting Earnings Slow, But Investment Gains Soar First-quarter underwriting gains for the health insurance industry declined in 2007, while investment gains were up nearly 42% compared with the same period last year.
InternetNews June 25, 2010	Anthem Blue Cross Victim of Data Breach More than 230,000 Social Security numbers and medical records are accidentally exposed due to some sloppy programming.
The Motley Fool January 25, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	WellPoint Looking Well Indeed Solid enrollment numbers, good cost control, and national leverage make this a compelling health benefits company. It may be time to seriously consider owning this stock.
Insurance & Technology February 6, 2007 Anthony O'Donnell	Alliances & Partnerships Connecture TeamsWith Microsoft... PMI Dental Health Plan has merged with parent company Delta Dental of California... etc.
Managed Care February 2005	Class-Action Suit By 600,000 Docs Heading To Court Discusses a lawsuit filed by about 600,000 physicians against some of the biggest health plans in the country: Humana, PacifiCare, UnitedHealthcare, WellPoint, Anthem, and Health Net. Aetna and Cigna were named but settled out of court.
CIO June 9, 2009 Kim S. Nash	How to Make IT More Cost Effective In a tight economy, it's more important than ever for IT to know where it's spending money. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City brought in a financial analyst to help its staff build fiscal knowledge.
Insurance & Technology November 26, 2003 George V. Hulme	Integration Key to Competition While leveraging the value of legacy systems, insurers are turning to Web services and document management to increase efficiencies.
Managed Care July 2003 Ed Silverman	A Little Something For the Physicians Health plans know that getting along with physicians is important, and many are trying new initiatives. Here are some successes.
Managed Care June 2006 Lola Butcher	As Employers Step Back, Individual Plans Step In Imagine an America where few businesses purchase health care for employees. Should that come about, the individual market will have new products ready.
Managed Care June 2003	For-profit, not-for-profit enrollment holding about steady While HMOs seemed to be losing enrollees to PPOs, the ratio of enrollees in for-profit and not-for-profit HMOs stabilized in the late 1990s, according to data collected by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Managed Care December 2007	Web Site Helps Track Health Plan Rankings U.S. News & World Report and the National Committee for Quality Assurance have released the third edition of America's Best Health Plans, an annual ranking of health maintenance organizations and point-of-service plans.
InternetNews November 17, 2009	Hacker Infiltrates MassMutual Database An unknown number of employee data records were compromised in latest insurance industry breach.
Managed Care February 2004	Access Equal In For-Profits, Not-For-Profits? Scientific studies sometimes produce surprising conclusions, and one published last month in the New England Journal of Medicine, indicating that for-profit health plans involved in Medicare+Choice provide just as much access to high-cost medical procedures as not-for-profit competitors, certainly did.
Insurance & Technology January 20, 2009 Nathan Conz	In Depth: Highmark Launches Retail Initiatives Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield is launching two retail insurance stores in the first quarter of 2009.