Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Missouri and SSM Health Care-St. Louis Collaborate on Payment Innovation
ST. LOUIS, March 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- In a move designed to help control health care costs while still maintaining a high quality of care, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Missouri has collaborated with SSM Health Care-St. Louis to develop an alternative to fee-for-service reimbursement for total knee replacements through a bundled-payment initiative. "Anthem is pleased to work with SSM ...

Today's Globe: Blue Cross board suspends own pay
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts board members, huddling in an emergency meeting yesterday, voted to suspend their five-figure annual directors' payments and to start discussions with the state attorney general's office and community leaders about the health insurer's status as a public charity.

2 Blue Cross directors justify stipends
Two Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts board members yesterday defended accepting payments for their part-time work on behalf of the nonprofit insurer.

Blue Cross under public scrutiny
The state's largest insurer, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, has been under public scrutiny since it was revealed that their former CEO received millions in a severance package last March.