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Managed Care
September 2003 |
Anthem Blocked In Bid To Buy BCBS of Kansas The consolidation of member plans in the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association has hit yet another snag. The Kansas Supreme Court on Aug. 6 upheld an order blocking the $190 million sale of the not-for-profit Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas to Anthem, a for-profit operation. |
Managed Care
January 2001 |
Private Proposals Aim To Reduce Lack of Coverage Two new proposals to solve the conundrum of Americans without health coverage would build on the country's existing health system... |
Managed Care
December 2004
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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. |
Managed Care
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Tie to Employers Stresses Fragility Of Health Coverage About two thirds of Americans receive health insurance through their employers or families, and many gain or lose coverage when they marry, divorce, or move to new jobs... |
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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
April 2002
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Universal Care Making Rounds In State Houses and on Ballots This time, activists say their best chance to move universal care forward is with state legislatures, and they've begun pressing to make universal care a leading issue for candidates to address... |
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Managed Care
March 2001 |
Maine Gets HCFA Waiver for Drug Discount Program The Health Care Financing Administration has given Maine officials clearance to offer a discount prescription program to 200,000 people without a pharmacy benefit... |
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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. |
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July 2005
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Efforts To Cover the Uninsured An Opportunity for Health Plans Employers and state governments are getting together to design imaginative insurance programs to cover low-pay workers. |
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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. |
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When to Buy Long-Term Care Insurance Long-term care insurance pays out financial benefits to help you pay the expenses of nursing homes and home health care. Should you buy now, wait, or just skip the whole thing? |
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Road Rules for College Car Insurance Drive like your Grandma, get good grades, and other ways to save on car insurance premiums. |
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October 2000 |
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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. |
Managed Care
February 2008
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Move to Mandatory Coverage Wouldn't Ensure Universality Compared to the existing state of affairs, there's a lot to like in mandatory coverage, but the Massachusetts experiment is a lesson to not expect miracles. |
Managed Care
November 2001
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Are Your Clients Covered? Today's healthcare system demands vigilance from consumers and planners alike. Some financial planners are taking on the complex, expensive market for individual health insurance. And they're finding solutions. |
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June 1, 2007
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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
December 2000
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3 New England States Prescribe Innovative Ways To Cut Drug Prices It's too soon to tell whether Maine's prescription drug price control law will survive a legal challenge by drug makers. But private efforts and another innovative strategy -- a plan by Maine, Vermont, and New Hampshire to purchase prescription drugs jointly -- are moving ahead... |
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Running for Cover Should you eliminate health coverage entirely or limit it to a few key employees? |
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Are You About To Get Dumped? Don't call, don't make any claims, keep a low profile, and maybe, maybe, your insurance company won't drop you. |
