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AFL-CIO asks state insurance officials to investigate health plan lobbying
No one would argue that health plans have deployed their full lobbying powers to influence the outcome of the health reform process--after all, every major interest in the health insurance industry... Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: IN doctors file payment, claims processing grievance against Anthem
The Indiana State Medical Association has slapped Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield with a complaint alleging that the health plan isn't following the rules set by a 2005 settlement with the AMA and... Read more...
P4P program pays doctors for patients' performance
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Indiana is rolling out an interesting pay-for-performance program that pays doctors for their patients' performance. Doctors will be rated on how many of their... Read more...
CA governor vetoes bill banning some health policy cancellations
After years of controversy, in which the California's Department of Managed Health Care has struggled to stop health plans from retroactively canceling policies, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) has... Read more...
CA Blue plans will pay $13M in fines over cancellations
Two of the state of California's largest health plans have agreed to pay a combined total of $13 million in fines related to their practice of rescinding policies for members after those members... Read more...
