NU Online News Service, June 28, 12:35 p.m. – Blue Cross of California, a unit of WellPoint Health Networks Inc., Thousand Oaks, Calif., has developed a consumer fact sheet that explains the company’s new “tiered hospital networks.”
California Blue is encouraging the 4.1 million members in its preferred provider organization plans to consider cost when choosing hospitals by adding general hospital cost category information to its provider directories.