Blue Cross Blue Shield Association recently unveiled a new action plan to improve healthcare quality and keep rising healthcare costs down. According to the press release on their website, BCBSA has designed a comprehensive plan that is interconnected to transform healthcare as we know it. It ultimately moves away from a fee-for-service model to a [...]
Archive for November, 2011
SeniorBlue Select
Wellmark recently announced that their Medicare supplement plan SeniorBlue Select would be discontinued as of Dec 31. Nearly 4,000 members are enrolled in the plan that supplements Medicare benefits. SeniorBlue Select was closed to new business about three years ago, but about 3,900 members remain on the books. The plan was popular because it offered [...]
MediBlue HMO by Empire BCBS
There is just over 1 week left in Medicare Open Enrollment. If you live in NY state and are still shopping for a Medicare health plan, the MediBlue HMO suite of plans offered by Empire BlueCross BlueShield are worth taking a look. MediBlue HMO Essential is a Medicare Advantage Plan without Prescription Drug Coverage. MediBlue [...]
Blue KC Exchange
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City has launched the the areas first private health insurance exchange for small businesses and individuals. The private health insurance exchange is called Blue KC. It is available for employers and employees of small business as well as individuals who currently have Direct Pay health plans. Through Blue KC, [...]
Does Health Insurance Cover Weight Loss Surgery?
With the obesity epidemic going strong across the US, more and more Americans are choosing weight loss surgery as a way to get their obesity under control. This is a big decision which should be gone over in detail with your doctor and health should be carefully considered. The other thing to consider is the [...]
Gratitude May Be Great Medicine
HealthInsuranceSort.com is hoping everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving season and is here to point out the importance of gratitude on our health. John Tierney writes about this in his article on NYTimes.com “A Serving of Gratitude May Save the Day”. According to the article, an attitude of gratitude has been linked to better overall health, [...]
Geisinger Health Insurance Top Ratings in Pennsylvania
Geisinger Health Insurance is the top ranked plan in Pennsylvania 22 times over based on the Quality Compass 2010 rankings. Geisinger Health Plan has dedicated their resources to ensuring patients have what they need at all times and this shows through the important recognition from Quality Compass. Here is a list of some of the [...]
Community CCRX Prescription Drug Plan
There are 17 days remaining in the 2012 open enrollment period for Medicare health plans, and this includes Medicare Part D (Prescription Drug Plans). Community CCRx PDP (Prescription Drug Plan) is a federal qualified plan that is offered by the following organizations that contract directly with the government to offer: Silverscript Insurance Company, and Pennsylvania [...]
Kentucky State Pension Fund in Bad Shape
Kentucky’s state pension is not in good shape even though reform was put in place through the General Assembly back in 2008. The article “State Pension Fund In Worse Shape Despite Reforms” by John Cheves on Kentucky.com talks about what’s going on with this pension plan and how it’s affecting Kentucky health insurance. The Kentucky [...]
Quality Health Plan to Shut Doors
Quality Health Plan, a Florida Medicare HMO with 10,000 has been ordered into liquidation after failing to maintain appropriate levels of claims reserves and being unable to raise the necessary funds. Existing members of Quality Health Plan will be moved over to a yet unnamed Medicare health plan in the state, by December 1. The [...]
