According to US News and World Report, Capital Health Plan, an affiliate of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida, is the top rated Medicare Health Plan in Florida. Founded in 1982, Capital Health Plan serves the four county are surrounding Tallahassee. They currently provide coverage to more than 110,000 members. More information about Florida health [...]
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BlueMedicare Regional PPO
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida (BCBSF) has introduced a new Medicare Advantage plan to its portfolio of health plans for seniors. BlueMedicare Regional PPO joins a senior health insurance portfolio which already included HMO, PPO, Fee-for-service, Medicare Part D, and traditional Medicare Supplement Plans. BlueMedicare Regional PPO is available across Florida for a $45 [...]
FamilyBlue – BCBSFL Discount Card
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida (BCBSFL) offers a Medical Discount Card called FamilyBlue that provides discounts on health care. FamilyBlue is not health insurance, but it does provide discounts on heath care services which is negotiated with providers. As mentioned above, FamilyBlue is not health insurance, and should be viewed as a last resort [...]
Health Insurance Quotes Won’t Necessarily Be Lowered With Cooperatives
The Senate Finance Committee is coming close to figuring out a healthcare reform bill according to Maggie Guo’s article on The Ethiopian Review site. Health care cooperatives are still on the table, which has the idea of building large groups so that the price of expensive medical costs are spread out among members to reduce costs for everyone. [...]
GoBlue – Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida
Blue Cross Blue Shield member plans initiatives to increase access to affordable health insurance by the uninsured. Part IV GoBlue is a product offered by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida which provides Florida residents access to doctor visits, basic and preventative dental care, prescription coverage, and lab tests all at affordable rates as low [...]
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida Teams Up With County
Miami-Dade county in Florida has teamed up with Blue Cross Blue Shield health insurance of Florida for a very unique partnership according to the article “Dade, Blue Cross offer health plan” by John Dorschner on miamiherald.com. Currently there are around 600,000 uninsured in Miami-Dade county and leaders felt something needed to be done to fix this. Janet [...]
Health First Insurance Hosting Grape Escape
The Health First Foundation is going to host the 8th annual Grape Escape on October 24th according to Health First’s website. This event is put on each year to raise money for Intra Cardiac Echocardiography (ICE). This year’s food and wine-tasting events at Seasons 52 in Orlando features culinary delights created by the internationally recognized Executive Chef Clifford [...]
Blue Cross Blue Shield Requiring Authorization
According to the article, “Blue Cross requiring psychiatrists to get prior authorization before treating patients” by Liz Freeman on naplesnews.com, Blue Cross Blue Shield health insurance of Florida implemented a new rule taking effect this fall which will require psychiatrists to get authorization before treating patients in their office or out patient locations. Blue Cross [...]
Top Rated Health Plan In Florida
The state of Florida was not included in the Southeast region when J.D. Powers ranked the top health plans in the Southeast, in their rating of the top health plans in 17 distinct regions, Florida is its own region. That being said, J.D. Power and Associates rated Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida as the [...]
Florida Health Insurance Bill Signed
Bill Kaczor’s article “Crist signs Fla. health insurance bill” from the Miami Herald site, discusses new Florida health insurance legislation. According to this article the new law (SB 1122) requires insurance companies to send payments to out-of-network doctors instead of the patient. Gov. Charlie Crist signed the legislation Wednesday making it law. He said that [...]
