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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Unveils Fresh Approach to


Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Unveils Fresh Approach to Health Coverage with New Health Plans for Individuals, ... (Centre Daily Times)
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona (BCBSAZ) today introduced five new individual health plan options to provide more choices to meet the varied needs and budgets of Arizonans. The new plans deliver rates that are as much as 40 percent lower than previous options, and combine a wider selection of coinsurance and deductible levels with varying levels of benefits.

State releases Horizon Blue Cross/Blue Shield documents (The Star-Ledger)
State officials today made public nearly 500 pages of documents submitted by Horizon Blue Cross/Blue Shield of New Jersey as it seeks approval to become a profit-making enterprise.

Blue Cross deal legit, say airport officials (Helena Independent Record)
The Helena Regional Airport Authority s executive committee believes the airport was within its rights to negotiate a contract to lease land to Blue Cross Blue Shield of Montana, which plans to build a new facility on nine acres there for more than 500 employees.

UAW, Blue Cross agree to contract (Crain's Detroit Business) After


UAW, Blue Cross agree to contract (Crain's Detroit Business)
After two time extensions, a three-year labor contract has been agreed upon by the United Auto Workers and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. The contract expired Sept. 1 but was extended through Sept. 5.

Livonia couple appealing Blue Cross hikes (Detroit Free Press)
A Livonia couple has filed an appeal in Ingham County Circuit Court challenging a decision by Michigan's insurance commissioner to let Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan raise rates for about 18,000 non-elderly people who buy their own policies.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Increases Claims Processing Efficiency and Flexibility Through Pegasystems' ... (Centre Daily Times)
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota (BCBS MN) is deploying Pegasystems' Claims Repair Solution Framework(TM) (NASDAQ: PEGA) to address new Blue Cross Blue Shield Association compliance mandates, boost productivity and increase accuracy across their claims operations. By using the Pegasystems' solution, BCBS MN is improving reusability across the enterprise and reducing the time, cost and effort ...

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Breaking News: Blue Cross to donate additional $45 million to


Breaking News: Blue Cross to donate additional $45 million to Commonwealth Medical College 1:11 p.m. (The Citizens' Voice)
SCRANTON - Robert M. D'Alessandri, M.D., dean of the proposed Commonwealth Medical College, will announce today at noon that Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania will donate $45 million to the construction of the school's headquarters.

Watertown Town Council may ask Blue Cross to sever ties with No Place for Hate over Armenian Genocide (Newton Tab)
Watertown s Town Council, which last summer launched a state-wide movement to decry the Anti-Defamation League s stance on the Armenian Genocide, may also sever ties with Blue Cross Blue Shield over the issue.

Medical Group To No Longer Accept Blue Cross (KSAT San Antonio)
SAN ANTONIO -- A group of orthopedic surgeons have sent letters to 8,400 patients informing them they will no longer accept Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas in the near future.

Independence Blue Cross Signs on as Presenting Sponsor of American Diabetes Association's Step Out: Walk to Fight ... (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Independence Blue Cross today announced that it is the presenting sponsor of the American Diabetes Association's Step Out: Walk to Fight Diabetes to be held in Philadelphia on Saturday, October 4, 2008.

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