Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Announces Next Step to Improve Quality of Health Care (Centre Daily Times)
As part of its ongoing effort to raise the quality of health care in Massachusetts, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (BCBSMA) yesterday announced a change to the current incentive plan for hospitals. The announcement, made at an event hosted by the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative and The New England Health Care Institute, outlined BCBSMA's decision to require hospitals to implement ...

FTCR: Gov. Schwarzenegger Must Follow Through on Call to Ban Blue Cross From Using Doctors as Double-Agents to Dump ... (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News)
The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights (FTCR) sent a letter to the state's HMO regulator calling for swift action to end Blue Cross' practice of conscripting doctors as "double agents," combing medical records for any excuse to dump patients who might become ill.

Blue Cross Blue Shield Worker Accused Of Stealing Customers' SSNs (WJXT Jacksonville)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A man entrusted with the personal information of Blue Cross Blue Shield policyholders was recently arrested after police said he used his position to violate the customers' trust.