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Anthem Expands Access To Facility Comparison Tool
By Staff WriterA large managed care company is making hospital services price information available to more of customers.Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield has started offering its ...
April 29, 2007
Medicare, SS Solvency Gain A YearSocial Security and Medicare trust funds will remain solvent a year longer than previously estimated, fund trustees reported last week, prompting an intense effort by ...
April 29, 2007
Medicare, SS Solvency Gain A YearSocial Security and Medicare trust funds will remain solvent a year longer than previously estimated, fund trustees reported last week, prompting an intense effort by ...
April 29, 2007
Many State LTC Partnerships On The Brink Of Completion, Experts SayState long term care insurance Partnership programs, brewing since President Bush signed the Deficit Reduction Act in February 2006, are poised to make an impact ...
April 27, 2007
LIFE Prepares To Launch Disability MonthThe Life and Health Insurance Foundation for Education is getting ready to mount a major effort to teach consumers about the risk that an illness ...
April 27, 2007
ACE Unit Wins Aetna ContractA major U.S. group insurer is turning to an arm of a Bermuda carrier to help employers manage a major type of employee absence.Aetna Inc., ...
April 27, 2007
WellPoint Asks To Shift Virginia OperationsA large managed care company says it needs more freedom to streamline its business.Anthem Health Plans of Virginia, a unit of WellPoint Inc., Indianapolis, is ...
April 27, 2007
Blues Agree To Settle With PhysiciansThe Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association and a group of 23 Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans have negotiated an agreement that should help ...