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Bayonne Medical Center could shut out some Medicaid recipients under new agreement with insurance company

REENA ROSE SIBAYAN / THE JERSEY JOURNALBayonne Medical Center and Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey announced an agreement last month that made the hospital in-network for subscribers. BAYONNE — after a very bitter and public feud, the Bayonne Medical Center and Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey announced an agreement … Continue reading

Partners, Blue Cross tackle high premiums

A new pact between the state’s largest health insurer and its biggest hospital and doctors network could boost efforts to contain health care costs, both sides said yesterday. But for now, the three-year agreement between Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts and Partners HealthCare system Inc. – owner of Harvard-affiliated Massachusetts General and Brigham and … Continue reading

New rankings make choosing health insurance easier

When it comes to health insurance, a familiar name and lots of members don’t guarantee quality or customer satisfaction, according to new rankings of health-insurance plans from the National Committee for Quality Assurance that we published today. NCQA is an independent health-care quality-measurement group. The rankings cover 830 private, Medicare, and Medicaid health insurance plans … Continue reading

Demise of PA plan for low-income adults leaves many uninsured

United States (KaiserHealth) – six months after Pennsylvania terminated adultBasic, the state-funded health plan for low-income adults, many of the nearly 41,000 former enrollees who lost their coverage at the end of February likely have been left uninsured. About 40 percent have enrolled in either Medicaid or the limited benefit Blue Cross Blue Shield plan … Continue reading

Daily Developments: Bloom Health Majority Stake Sold to Insurers

WellPoint, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, and Health Care Services Corporation have reportedly bought a 78 percent stake in the start-up for an undisclosed amount. In an effort to compete with state-run health insurance markets that are set to open in 2014, three major insurers together have bought a majority stake in Minneapolis start-up … Continue reading

Health insurance exchange startup sells majority stake to three insurers

Minneapolis startup Bloom Health is working on creating a national health insurance exchange, and the sale of a majority stake to insurers Wellpoint Inc., Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Health Care Service Corporation will help pave the way, the company announced Tuesday. Original investor Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan increased its stake … Continue reading

Highmark Partners for a Healthy Community to provide day of free health and dental services at Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Center in Erie on Oct. 15

Press Release Source: Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield on Monday September 19, 2011, 7:00 am EDT ERIE, Pa., Sept. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield and its Partners for a Healthy Community program, will offer free health and dental services at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Center in Erie beginning at … Continue reading

Health Insurance Exchange Study Commission meets to set duties

Bentley on Friday told the commission at its organizational session that it has until Dec. 1 to recommend a home-grown insurance exchange to keep the federal government from creating one. Bentley said legislation will be needed next year to create a health insurance exchange that is a one-stop portal to compare and purchase private medical … Continue reading

What are the largest medical insurance companies?

I'm trying to get an idea of who are the big players in the medical insurance industry. Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Cigna, Aetna, United Healthcare, Principal Life. I worked in the health insurance industry for six years and the ones that we saw the most were the Blues-every state has their own branc of … Continue reading