Archives for September 2012
September 06, 2012-Planned layoffs at Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield pushed back06 Sep 2012
Thursday September 6, 2012 Home | Subscribe Payer Advisory Weekly Top Stories Arizona Blue, Banner Health in Medi-care joint venture... Continue Reading
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Arizona Blue, Banner Health in Medicare joint venture06 Sep 2012
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona and non-profit health system Banner Health have announced an equal partnership designed to provide... Continue Reading
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Will Business Management Save US Health Care?06 Sep 2012
Judging from the recent writing of physicians like Atul Gawande, US health care may be in the process of discovering... Continue Reading
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Healthcare Firms Send More Jobs to India06 Sep 2012
To save money, healthcare companies are increasingly shifting clinical services and decision-making on medical care overseas, primarily to India and... Continue Reading
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Cigna buys supplemental insurer for $305M06 Sep 2012
Cigna Corp. said Friday it paid $305 million to purchase American Financial Group’s supplemental insurance business, making it one of... Continue Reading
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Aetna, Coventry and the arms race in health care06 Sep 2012
Although it is a Fortune 500 company with headquarters in Bethesda, Coventry Health Care doesn’t have deep roots or much... Continue Reading
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Wellpoint’s Braly Broke Glass Ceiling06 Sep 2012
The departure of Angela Braly at Wellpoint (WLP) is among many exits of health plan CEOs coming as these executives... Continue Reading
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UnitedHealth Group makes presence known at the DNC06 Sep 2012
People attending this year’s Democratic National Convention in Charlotte are receiving gift bags that include everything from a can of... Continue Reading
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Capital Blue store to open in Saucon Valley06 Sep 2012
Capital BlueCross today announced that it has signed a lease to build the first-of-its-kind health experience called Capital Blue. The... Continue Reading
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Planned layoffs at Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield pushed back06 Sep 2012
Previously announced plans by Wellpoint@Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield that it would lay off 36 employees in the health... Continue Reading
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