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Pennsylvania Blues face trade practices investigation
The Pennsylvania Insurance Department has announced that it's turning a beady eye on the state's four Blue Cross & Blue Shield Insurance companies, investigating whether the quartet have engaged... Read more...
West Penn Allegheny files antitrust suit against U of Pittburgh
West Penn Allegheny has filed an antitrust suit against rival University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, in a suit charging that the larger player was conspiring with the dominant local insurer to... Read more...
PA Blues call off long-awaited merger
Unhappy with the terms state regulators were poised to impose, two of Pennsylvania's largest Blue plans have called off their plan to merge after more than a year of discussions. Highmark and... Read more...
Penn. insurance officials set course for Blues merger
While they're not ready to announce terms, the officials in charge of setting rules for the merger between state Blue plans--Independence Blue Cross and Highmark Inc.--have tipped their hand. The... Read more...
WellPoint, Blues team up to fight for transparency
WellPoint has announced another step in the fight for transparency: it is partnering with four major Blue plans to provide online access to health care cost information. WellPoint will be partnering... Read more...
Highmark helps providers, patients know costs up front
Health plan Highmark is giving its providers a new way to reduce bad debt that can result when patients aren't prepared for the large costs they may incur under high-deductible plans. Under its new... Read more...
Lawmakers largely oppose PA Blues merger
Pennsylvania commissioner Joel Ario gets to make the final decision on the proposed merger between Independence Blue Cross and Highmark Inc.--but the state's lawmakers are not shying away from giving... Read more...
Questions raised on PA Blues merger
The Pennsylvania Insurance Department has released two reports analyzing the potential impact of the proposed merger between Highmark and Independence Blue Cross, which have raised some concerns... Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: PA insurers face merger scrutiny
For many months now, Pennsylvania health plans Independence Blue Cross and Highmark have been waiting for the chance to defend their planned merger--and now, at long last, they've gotten their... Read more...
