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Blue Shield CEO: Uphold individual mandate
Blue Shield of California CEO Bruce Bodaken said he believes that the Supreme Court, which just finished hearing arguments about the constitutionality of the healthcare reform law, should uphold the
Blue Shield seeks $10.5M from rival UnitedHealth doc group
Blue Shield of California is seeking $10.5 million in damages from Monarch HealthCare, claiming its contract was violated after rival insurer UnitedHealth purchased the large doctor group . In its
Blue Shield forms new ACO with hospital, docs
Blue Shield of California has formed a new accountable care organization with two healthcare providers. Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian and Greater Newport Physicians, both in California, agreed
Blue Shield retroactively covers autism treatment
Blue Shield of California has reached a deal with the California Department of Insurance to immediately cover the cost of an autism treatment called applied behavior analysis (ABA) therapy. Per the
Calif. Blues says UCLA profits unreasonable
Blue Shield of California is using full-page newspaper ads to call out the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) for unreasonable profits, reported LA Weekly. Arguing that hospitals must
Blue Shield 'grooves' into value-based plan to cut premiums
Blue Shield of California is launching its new three-tiered, value-based program called Blue Groove that offers quality incentives for its members. The insurer expects the plan to reduce
Blue Shield pays $2M to settle recission case
Blue Shield of California is paying $2 million to settle allegations that it improperly stopped covering members when they became sick and required expensive treatment. The insurer decided to settle
Blue Shield claims hospitals joined forces to drive higher rates
Blue Shield of California is publicly calling out UCLA Medical Center for causing an impasse in contract negotiations. Since the insurer has voluntarily capped its profits at 2 percent , it has
Is HHS bullying insurers into lowering premiums?
Here's the problem with the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) rate review program: It's ineffective and useless. The agency has no actual authority to force an insurer to lower a
Senior leadership should support ACOs, then take backseat
To be successful in developing and implementing accountable care organizations (ACO), senior leaders must buy into the collaborative care model, but they also should take a backseat and let others
