UPDATE 2/17/2012 – The Pain Center of Arizona accepts many different types of insurance including Aetna, Banner Health, BCBS, Cigna, Humana, Medicare, Tricare and UnitedHealthcare. Contact the center directly to see if your insurance carrier is accepted. The Pain Center of Arizona has opened up another center to help patients suffering from chronic pain. The [...]
Posts Tagged ‘health care access’
Blue Cross, Blue Shield of Florida Has New Center
Blue Cross, Blue Shield of Florida has opened a new Tallahassee center for their customers. With this opening, BCBSFL will have eight facilities in the state based on the news article from ABC 27 in Florida. The new facility is located on Apalachee Parkway and the community should benefit from the new jobs to help [...]
Children’s Health Insurance Update for 2012
Each state has their own structure for providing health insurance to children. There are many updates throughout the nation for 2012, and it’s important you know how you may be affected if your child needs health insurance protection. ”Child-only” plans are individual policies which are offered to children 18 and under with no guardian listed [...]
Health Care Reform Implementation in 2012
It’s been about two years since President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act and got America’s health care reform underway. A lot has taken place, despite a good amount of opposition and resistance. At this point, 47 states are part of the new premium rate review system where insurance companies need to justify the rationale [...]
Alaska Health Insurance: Large Spending for High Risk Pool
Alaska is looking to spend a surprising $200k per year for each high risk pool member based on Kaiser Health News article by Phil Galewitz. Alaska is one of the most expensive places to live in the United States and these increased costs apply to health care as well. High risk pools are being set [...]
Aetna Health Insurance & Best Buy: An Unlikely Pair
Aetna Health Insurance and Best Buy retail may seem like an unlikely team, but they have partnered up to offer a product line which includes online modules focused on fitness, weight control, smoking cessation and stress management techniques according to the press release found on EON.BusinessWire.com. This partnership is unique but could be a great [...]
Breakdown of How Health Insurance Premiums Are Used
Have you ever wondered why your health insurance premiums are so high and continue to rise? It may feel like the health insurance industry is taking advantage of consumers by rising premium costs across the board, but this isn’t necessarily true. A very interesting article on WashingtonPost.com shows a breakdown of exactly how much goes [...]
Geisinger Health Plan System Not Hiring Smokers?
Pennsylvania-based hospital through the Geisinger Health Plan System is expected to start screening job applicants for signs of nicotine for 2012. A hospital spokesperson, Marcy Marshall, said they plan on not hiring smokers to work at the facility starting February 1, 2012. People who apply to a job position at Geisinger Health System can be [...]
Health Insurance Benefits: States May Get More Say
President Obama has been facing a great deal of criticism for his health care reform, and it’s coming directly from many states. Earlier today, the Obama administration rolled out a benefits framework for millions of Americans who will get individual health insurance through the health care overhaul, and they are giving states the power to [...]
BCBSNC Building Chronic Care Facility
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC) is opening a new clinic with UNC Health Care for up to 5000 of their customer’s with chronic conditions that need special attention. BCBSNC is the largest health insurer in the state according to the article “Blue Cross, UNC Build Chronic Care Unit” by Laura Oleniacz on [...]
