Archives for January 2017
Blue Cross achieves best-in-nation member service for fourth year31 Jan 2017
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont achieved the highest possible ranking in member satisfaction and efficiency metrics for the... Continue Reading
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Top 3 practical innovations from Yale healthcare hackathon31 Jan 2017
The Yale Healthcare Hackathon was presented by the Yale Center for Biomedical Innovation and Technology and the Yale School of... Continue Reading
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Independence Health Group names Gregory Deavens as CFO31 Jan 2017
Independence Health Group in Philadelphia has named Gregory E. Deavens as chief financial officer, executive vice president and treasurer, effective... Continue Reading
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Capital BlueCross to acquire majority interest in midstate health plan31 Jan 2017
Capital BlueCross announced on Wednesday its agreement to acquire a majority interest in Lower Paxton Township-based Vibra Health Plan. The... Continue Reading
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Cognizant Acquires Australian Insurance IT Firm Adaptra31 Jan 2017
Cognizant has snapped up Adaptra, one of the major IT service providers in Australia’s insurance sector. The acquisition further props... Continue Reading
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Trump administration pulls back on HealthCare.gov ads31 Jan 2017
The Trump administration says it is pulling back advertising to promote HealthCare.gov as open enrollment draws to a close for... Continue Reading
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A look at canada’s single-payer health care31 Jan 2017
Not so long ago, my half-brother, who lives in Toronto, suffered a twisted bowel. He was found collapsed in his... Continue Reading
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Ex-Obamacare Chief Warns Trump’s Already Weakening The Health Care System31 Jan 2017
Andy Slavitt helped save Obamacare once already. He’s hoping he can do it again. Until Inauguration Day, Slavitt had been... Continue Reading
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Highmark opens the door to health care pricing31 Jan 2017
Shopping for medical care is like shopping for nothing else: the charge is almost never known until the patient gets... Continue Reading
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eVisit Drives Stellar Growth in 201631 Jan 2017
eVisit today announced that 2016 was a year of explosive growth for the healthcare telemedicine SaaS company. Among the company’s... Continue Reading
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