You can go some way toward meeting the Affordable Care Act (ACA) health care reform law’s requirements that your group plan provides minimum value and is affordable by setting up health reimbursement accounts (HRAs) or health flexible spending accounts (FSAs) for...
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Premera Blue Cross launches nutrition platform Serve it Up!
Premera Blue Cross has launched its nutrition-focused online platform and app, called Serve it Up!, in partnership with social platform maker Wellness Layers and nutrition guidance program Guiding Stars. “We are pleased to build systems such as Serve it Up! that focus...
Blue Cross Blue Shield Plan Consolidation Continues According to Mark Farrah Associates
Blue Cross and/or Blue Shield (BCBS) organizations along with their affiliates enrolled 98.7 million people as of September 30, 2013, more than 31% of the population in the United States and 40% of those commercially insured. Linked together through the Blue Cross and...
State auditor blasts DHHS for NCTracks problems
State Auditor Beth Wood issued a devastating critique of North Carolina's launch of a new Medicaid payment system Monday afternoon, saying the program was fraught with problems and the state still lacks "a comprehensive action plan" to solve the problems. The audit...
Highmark and UPMC drop lawsuits
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) and Pittsburgh-based health insurer Highmark Inc. have dropped their antitrust lawsuits against each other, putting an end to the four-year-old litigation. In mid-December, a federal judge ordered the two entities to drop...
NCTracks still off the rails
Dr. Aldona Wos, secretary of the state Department of Health and Human Services, told a General Assembly health oversight committee Tuesday something that encapsulates how basic the problems are in her department. “I continue to stress to our team, and our vendor, that...
Non-profit health centers enter insurance realm
The nation's 1,200 non-profit community health centers receive strong federal support to treat millions of uninsured residents, but still face financial challenges. Some are responding with an unusual strategy — starting for-profit insurance plans. In 2008, the Jessie...
BCBSNC Opens its Doors in Asheville
What: The grand opening celebration of Asheville’s local Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC) insurance store. Where: 1854 Henderson Road, Suite C, Asheville, N.C. When: Saturday, Oct. 5 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Background: BCBSNC is opening a new...
North Carolina Residents Shocked by Insurance Premiums
Across North Carolina, thousands of people have been shocked in recent weeks to find out their health insurance plans will be canceled at the end of the year – and premiums for comparable coverage could increase sharply. One of them is George Schwab of Charlotte, who...
Breakthrough reported in new Pennsylvania insurance system
Philadelphia-based health insurer Independence Blue Cross says it has begun enrolling people into its health insurance plans through the federal government's online portal after two days of glitches. Independence Blue Cross spokeswoman Kathleen Conlon said Thursday...
Independence Blue Cross brings tiered pricing plans to health insurance marketplaces
With two new HMO plans introduced last week on the federal insurance exchange, Independence Blue Cross is offering consumers a road map to cut out-of-pocket health-care costs. The trick for consumers who sign up for Blue Cross' HMO Proactive plans is to choose...
A quick look at premium prices for the Arizona health insurance exchange
HHS officials say rates in the Arizona Marketplace are lower than originally projected. On Oct. 1, individuals and small businesses will be able to start shopping from among 106 health plans in the Marketplace. No one will be denied coverage because of pre-existing...