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Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island laying off employees28 Jun 2012
Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island eliminated 43 jobs on Wednesday, WPRI.com has confirmed. Blue Cross spokeswoman Kimberly... Continue Reading
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Could Kaiser Permanente’s Low-Cost Health Care Be Even Cheaper?28 Jun 2012
Kaiser Permanente rose out of Henry J. Kaiser’s utopian, industrialist dream. During the 1930s and ’40s, Kaiser wanted to make... Continue Reading
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Cigna taps ex-WellPoint exec Kennedy as veep28 Jun 2012
Bloomfield health insurer Cigna Corp. named former Medco and WellPoint executive Joan Kennedy as vice president, overseeing all contact points... Continue Reading
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UnitedHealth Group Creates Nearly 1,500 Jobs in Texas28 Jun 2012
UnitedHealth Group , the nation’s leading health benefits and services company, announced today it is creating nearly 1,500 new jobs... Continue Reading
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In Health Care, A La Carte on Way Out?28 Jun 2012
For years, health care has been paid for on a procedure-by-procedure basis, with items such as doctor fees, lab fees... Continue Reading
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FIS to Sell Healthcare Benefit Solutions Business26 Jun 2012
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., June 25, 2012 − FIS™ (NYSE: FIS), the world’s largest global provider of banking and payments technology, today... Continue Reading
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Highmark CEO fired; Kenneth Melani charged in fight with girlfriends husband15 Apr 2012
Highmark announced Sunday that CEO Kenneth Melani was fired in the wake of a scandal involving an alleged extramarital affair... Continue Reading
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Interview with Jay Levine, most recently SVP/CIO Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota15 Feb 2012
Jay Levine was most recently SVP/CIO of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota. While at BCBSMN he was responsible... Continue Reading
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Microsoft-GE healthcare joint venture to be called Caradigm14 Feb 2012
The joint-venture healthcare IT business that Microsoft and GE announced late last year will be called Caradigm, the two companies... Continue Reading
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Total Health Care Costs Fall When Poor Are Provided Insurance14 Feb 2012
The concept of support for universal health care is taboo among Republicans who scrutinize the Affordable Care Act — dubbing... Continue Reading
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