Aetna protests bid award to Blue Cross (bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance)
Aetna has filed a formal protest with the Duval County Public Schools saying Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida was unfairly awarded the bid to provide comprehensive health insurance coverage for employees.

New Chair Named to Blue Plus, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota's HMO, Board of Directors (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Blue Plus, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota's HMO organization, elected three new members from organizations across the state to its Board of Directors. One incumbent member was also re-elected.

Blue Cross launches training for childhood obesity screening (Sacramento Business Journal)
Blue Cross of California has kicked off a statewide body mass index training and promotion program for clinical staff as part of its $9 million, three-year statewide initiative to address childhood obesity, the company said Wednesday.

Blue Cross building closed for cleaning (AP via Yahoo! News)
About 350 health care workers were told to stay home until Monday while crews flush out the water system at a Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan building, where an employee was diagnosed with Legionnaires' disease, a spokeswoman said Thursday.