Posts Tagged ‘bcbs’

Health Insurer Grades: Higher Scores From AMA

Posted on: June 25th, 2012 by SamTabes No Comments

The American Medical Association (AMA) recently released their fifth annual National Health Insurer Report Card which is based on a random sampling of about 1.1 million electronic claims for 1.9 million medical services submitted in the month of February 2012.  The companies included were Aetna, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, Health Care Service Corporation, [...]

Discounts From Blue Cross Blue Shield

Posted on: March 7th, 2012 by SamTabes No Comments

Over 35 million Blue Cross and Blue Shield members will have top notch access to health and wellness discounts through the Blue365 program.  This is a promising effort to encourage healthier living from customers by offering valuable discounts on products such as fitness gear, gym memberships, and healthy eating tools. Blue365 deals are given through [...]

Introducing Simple Blue PPO From Highmark

Posted on: January 16th, 2012 by ymedina No Comments

A new individual health insurance plan is available from Highmark called the Simple Blue PPO plan.  This plan goes into effect on February 1, and the the article on IFAWEBNEWS.com by Bob Graham says the plan is geared towards being simple, affordable and predictable.  The health insurance coverage aims to have lower premiums and lower deductibles with [...]

Prism EPO by Empire Being Withdrawn

Posted on: December 8th, 2011 by BlogAdmin No Comments

Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield is withdrawing their most popular plan for small groups (Prism EPO) as well as other plans effective April 1 2012. The decision came following intense negotiations between Empire Blue Cross and state regulators which resulted in EMpire not being able to set their rates based on their own actuarial analysis [...]

SeniorBlue Select

Posted on: November 29th, 2011 by BlogAdmin No Comments

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 [...]

BCBS Mobile Application Helping Consumers

Posted on: September 15th, 2011 by ymedina No Comments

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 [...]

Affordablue Offering Unique Benefits to Residents

Posted on: May 16th, 2011 by ymedina No Comments

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas (BCBSKS) has a unique program for the residents of Kansas.  It’s called Affordablue and it’s geared towards affordable options for residents who struggle to afford preventative hospital and surgical benefits.  This plan can give you the help needed to pay for everyday and unexpected health care costs.  Affordablue is [...]

Compare Health Insurance with Blue Cross

Posted on: February 19th, 2011 by ymedina No Comments

Blue Cross Blue Shield companies are offering a user-friendly way to take the mystery out of going to the physician with a tool proven to help educate consumers on health insurance costs in an attempt to help them make better healthcare choices. Individual health insurance is a complex product and many are unaware of exactly [...]

Blue Cross Blue Shield

Posted on: October 5th, 2010 by ymedina No Comments

According to the Blue Cross Blue Shield website, BCBS of Delaware has announced an affiliation agreement with Highmark Inc.  This partnership plans to bring new products and services to the state of Delaware and enhance the cost-effectiveness of Blue Cross and Highmark. This is positive news for Delaware health insurance as it creates better products [...]

Children with Preexisting Conditions

Posted on: September 22nd, 2010 by ymedina No Comments

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama (BCBSA) has come out with a statement about annual enrollment periods for children with preexisting conditions on their website.  This is in response to the Obama administration’s clarification that it will include annual enrollment periods for the children’s preexisting conditions. Scott P. Serota, president and CEO of the Blue [...]