Archives for August 2014
Aetna and Geisinger Health System Ink New Contract14 Aug 2014
Aetna and Geisinger Health System have signed a five-year contract that provides Aetna members with in-network access to all Geisinger facilities in Pennsylvania. According to a... Continue Reading
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BlueCross BlueShield launching private health exchange14 Aug 2014
BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee will launch a new private exchange product in 2015. Private exchanges are health insurance portals built for... Continue Reading
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BlueCross Wins Best Of Blue Awards14 Aug 2014
BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee brought home two Best of Blue awards during the BlueCross BlueShield Association’s annual Blue National Summit... Continue Reading
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August 14, 2014-WellPoint: What’s in a Name?14 Aug 2014
Thursday August 14, 2014 Home | Subscribe Payer Advisory Weekly Top Stories BlueCross Wins Best Of Blue Awards BlueCross BlueShield... Continue Reading
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Siemens to sell health IT business in Malvern for $1.3 billion07 Aug 2014
Siemens Health Services is set to be acquired by Cerner Corp. for $1.3 billion in cash. The merger is expected to close early... Continue Reading
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Newly insured get help figuring out health plans07 Aug 2014
Advocates of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, focused until now on persuading people to buy health insurance, have... Continue Reading
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Richard Branson backs Dr Phil’s virtual doctor venture07 Aug 2014
Sir Richard Branson has made his first foray into the burgeoning area of telemedicine by backing a virtual doctor service... Continue Reading
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BCBS of Illinois plans to have 16 ACOs by 201507 Aug 2014
By next year, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois plans to have 16 accountable care organizations in place, meaning one... Continue Reading
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The Kaiser Way: Lesson for U.S. health care?07 Aug 2014
The Affordable Care Act has been dramatically changing the way hospitals do business, forcing them to rethink which patients they... Continue Reading
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University Hospital joins UnitedHealthcare network07 Aug 2014
UnitedHealthcare said Wednesday that its New Jersey hospital network now includes University Hospital in Newark, a teaching hospital of the... Continue Reading
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