BlueCross BlueShield (BCBS)
Program shows diabetic care quality improvement
Score another point for quality improvement using health IT: Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield of Iowa and its partner MDdatacor have reported positive results from their year-long quality improvement... Read more...
FDA contact number may be on DTC ads soon; Critics speak out against New Orleans medical campus;
> The FDA is considering requiring DTC ads to have an FDA contact number so that patients can report adverse reactions. FiercePharma > Local and federal officials want to create a medical... Read more...
Blues claim improvement in cost and outcomes
Score one for hospital quality improvement programs: The Blues announced at a news conference that they have been successful in improving patient outcomes and reducing costs through Blue Distinction... Read more...
BCBS Association's president talks about upcoming goals
So, what does the future hold for Blue Cross Blue Shield? In an interview Saturday with the New York Times, Blue Cross Blue Shield Association president and chief executive Scott Serota said he's... Read more...
MA Blues look inward to save money
Faced with the harsh reality that the economy isn't going to heal anytime soon--and that health costs aren't about to drop very much---Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts is looking inward,... Read more...
Study: Never events major factor in hospital liability costs
According to new research by insurance firm Aon Corp., hospital-acquired conditions accounted for 12.2 percent of total legal liability costs insured by healthcare facilities in 2007. While many... Read more...
SC Medicaid plans to stop paying for errors
Another plan has joined the "no pay for errors" parade: This time, it's South Carolina's Medicaid program, which covers about 800,000 South Carolinians. Officials with the program say that they won't... Read more...
Hospitals in nearly half of states won't bill for never events
A new analysis suggests that hospitals in almost half of U.S. states will no longer bill patients for serious medical errors, up sharply from the beginning of 2008. In February, an analysis by a news... Read more...
Trend: Medical home funding sources grow
While the notion of a "medical home" has been bubbling up through the healthcare industry for some time, it's still something of a new idea for many consumers, who've never lived in an era when... Read more...
Kaiser, Health Net agree to reinstate 1,200 beneficiaries
Two of California's largest health plans have agreed to reinstate a total of roughly 1,200 patients whose policies were rescinded after they began incurring high medical expenses. Under the terms of... Read more...
