Blue Cross Names Future Executive Officers (Arkansas Business)
The Arkansas Blue Cross & Blue Shield Board of Directors announce management changes as Sharon Allen and Robert L. Shoptaw prepare to retire.

Tenet Reaches Agreement with Blue Cross of California (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
DALLAS----Tenet Healthcare Corporation announced today that it has entered into a new multi-year agreement with Blue Cross of California, which is Tenet's second largest managed care payer nationally.

Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Massachusetts Proposes Changes To Health Care Provider Payment System (Medical News Today)
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts has proposed paying health care providers a flat fee each year for every patient, rather than paying for each patient visit or treatment, in an attempt to slow health care spending growth, the Boston Globe reports.

Tenet Reaches Agreement with Blue Cross of California (Centre Daily Times)
Tenet Healthcare Corporation (NYSE:THC) announced today that it has entered into a new multi-year agreement with Blue Cross of California, which is Tenet's second largest managed care payer nationally. The contract will be effective Feb. 1, 2008. Financial terms were not disclosed.