Blue Cross wants to rate doctors on consumer experience (Winston-Salem Journal)
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina will use the firm behind the Zagat dining guide to run an online survey rating the consumer experience provided by doctors, North Carolina's largest health insurer said yesterday.

DELAWARE: Blue Cross fined for disclosing member information (The Daily Times)
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) Outgoing Delaware insurance commissioner Matt Denn has fined Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware $150,000 for the improper disclosure of the private medical information of about 3,800 Delaware members.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Expands Discounts on Medicare Supplement Plans (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
PHOENIX----Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona is upping the ante in the competitive market to serve Arizona s seniors by increasing the size and extending the duration and eligible age limit for early enrollment discounts on its Medicare supplement plans.

Blue Cross gets A+ rating (BizJournals)
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services affirmed its A+ counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida Inc. for December 2008 and the outlook for the company is stable.