Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island and Care New England Reach Agreement to Extend Network Participation (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island and Care New England today announced that an agreement has been reached to extend CNE participation in the BCBSRI network until March 31, 2009.

2 eye-care groups leave Blue Cross (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
Minnesotans who have grown accustomed to seeing any doctor they like may be heading into an era of more limited choice. At least two independent medical specialty groups are leaving the network of Minnesota's biggest health insurer because they can't agree on new reimbursement rates.

Blue Cross to offer records on cell phones (The Scranton Times-Tribune)
WILKES-BARRE Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania announced Friday an agreement with Microsoft and Covisint, of Detroit, to develop an electronic health records and information exchange system, which will include cell phone access for consumers and health care providers.