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Anthem pays patients to choose cheaper docs
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Connecticut is testing an experimental type of health plan that pays patients hundreds of dollars in cash rebates for choosing lower-cost doctors. Its new
Anthem wants 13% rate hike to offset rising claims, utilization
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield wants to raise premiums by 12.9 percent next year for more than 45,000 individual-market customers in Connecticut. The state's largest insurer said the rate hike,
Anthem hikes premiums by half of requested amount
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Maine is increasing premiums on its individual policies by an average of 5.3 percent--rather than the 9.7 percent increase requested by the company earlier this
Anthem BCBS cuts 50 jobs in Ohio
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Ohio is cutting 50 jobs from its Youngstown offices. Anthem cited law changes affecting the private fee-for-service marketplace, reports the Dayton Daily News.
Anthem, Regence denied rate hike requests
The Connecticut Insurance Department has rejected a 20 percent rate hike proposed by Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, calling the request "excessive," according to the Hartford Courant. The
Hospitals negotiate higher-than-competitive rates with insurers
Hospitals are using market clout to negotiate higher-than-competitive prices with insurers, which causes price variation that is inconsistent with what is found in other industries within competitive
Anthem faces critics at rate hike hearing
Critics of Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield protested its request for a nearly 20 percent rate increase for 48,000 individual policyholders during a public hearing chaired by the Connecticut
Mass exodus from child-only policies could destabilize market
Add Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield to the list of insurers that will stop selling new child-only individual policies by Sept. 23, when the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act takes
Insurers open retail stores to sell individual policies
Health plans are beginning to show up at the mall. WellPoint's Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Colorado is the latest of a handful that have opened a retail store. The store is at Southwest
Virginia Anthem Blues combines high-tech, low-tech to cut avoidable ER use
With the average total cost of an emergency room visit ($441) 4.5 times higher than the average total cost of an urgent-care center visit ($98) and almost 8.5 times higher than a retail-care clinic
