Blue Cross to boost safety (Detroit Free Press)
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan plans to inject $6 million into the Michigan Health & Hospital Association's Keystone Center to improve patient safety at hospitals across the state. The new money will help Michigan hospitals launch initiatives to reduce hospital-acquired infections and make visits to emergency departments safer.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation Helps Agencies Respond to Lessons of Hurricane Katrina (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Challenges faced by the elderly, ill, poor and immigrants during Hurricane Katrina have spurred the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation to award grants to 10 agencies across the state that have particularly innovative ideas for reaching vulnerable populations before and after emergencies.

WVU, Blue Cross reach 3-year deal on care (The Huntington Herald-Dispatch)
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) West Virginia University Hospitals and Mountain State Blue Cross/Blue Shield have agreed to a new contract that will ensure patients uninterrupted and affordable access through April 2009.