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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
Anthem 'excessive' rate hike lawsuit heads to state Supreme Court
Insurance companies should keep a close eye on a case involving Anthem Health Plans of Maine, which sued the state because it says regulators violated state law and the U.S. Constitution when they
Cigna shells out $3.8B to buy Medicare Advantage plan
Among all the acquisitions insurers are making to grow their Medicare business, Cigna has taken the biggest single move yet by spending $3.8 billion to purchase Medicare-based insurer HealthSpring.
Blue Shield returns $283M more to consumers
After already rebating its consumers $167 million , Blue Shield of California announced it would return an additional $283 million, bringing the total refunds to about $450 million. The giveback will
New Jersey hospitals in trouble, trade group says
A survey of about half of the state's hospitals has revealed what we already could have guessed--that New Jersey facilities, like their peers elsewhere, are struggling to stay afloat, with some on
Struggling financially, physicians asks hospitals for help
An AHA study has found that physicians are turning to hospitals for help as they struggle with financial burdens and lowered incomes. The study, which surveyed 736 hospital chief executives, found
