By now we all know that the State and Federal Marketplaces offering a side-by-side comparison environment are set to go live October 1st of this year as part of The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) — better known as Obamacare. These public marketplaces break down as follows. 1. 16 state based marketplaces (+ [...]
Capital BlueCross has introduced a new plan called PersonalBlue Saver PPO which will cater to individuals with specific health insurance needs. The insurer recognizes that health insurance products can vary widely and this product will look to fulfill a variety of needs. Sometimes people want protection from unexpected medical costs, but they want to save [...]
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware (BCBSD) and the Medical Society of Delaware (MSD) have teamed up to launch their new program called ‘Patients First in the First State’. Randeep S. Kahlon, MD, President of MSD says this partnership marks the largest health insurer and state organization team creating a new system to ensure patients [...]
As the smart phone becomes more and more popular, consumers are turning to their banks, insurance companies and favorite stores to offer applications which make their user experience smoother. Health insurers are starting to keep up with the times and offer easy access applications. Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) offers a mobile application which has [...]
Highmark has launched a new innovative health insurance plan for individuals called Advance Blue. Advance Blue provides 100% coverage for preventative care and only requires small co-pays for doctor visits, prescription drugs and basic diagnostic testing. Maternity benefits and vision exams are also covered Advance Blue is available in three areas covered by various Highmark [...]
JD Power and Associates is in their 5th year of ranking health insurers through the US Member Health Insurance Plan Study and according to their recent annual report Pennsylvania health insurance ranked well for overall customer satisfaction. They exceed the national average for customer satisfaction significantly. The article “UPMC, Geisinger, Highmark lead PA Customer Satisfaction Ratings” [...]
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina earned a very high customer satisfaction score and with all of the concerns over health insurer quality, this bodes well for BCBS. According to the article “North Carolina Health Insurer Earns High Customer Satisfaction Score” by Bob Graham on IFAWebNews.com, BCBS of North Carolina ranked second best in [...]
Rhode Island health insurance is about to see a 1.9% increase in health insurance rates for those who purchase policies from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Rhode Island. The article “State Approves Reduced Health Insurance Rate Hike” by Richard Salit on ProJo.com summarizes the details behind the hike. The 1.9% is actually a reduced figure [...]
Continuing a series of posts that will recognize the best value in Medicare health plans in major metropolitan areas across the country, Medicarenewswatch.com rated the following plans as tops in Raleigh North Carolina. Yesterday’s post gives some background on the methodology used. For Healthy Seniors, the Medicare Plans judged to be the best value were: [...]
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