BOSTON, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- A major hospital in Massachusetts says that because Blue Cross Blue Shield refuses to pay doctors a "reasonable rate" it is canceling its contract.
NEW YORK, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- U.S. health insurer WellPoint Inc. said it will initiate a pilot program of sending patients to India for some surgical procedures in 2009.
ATLANTA, July 29 (UPI) -- A major Georgia health insurance provider is warning policyholders about the risk of identity theft posed by benefits letters being sent to wrong addresses.
BUFFALO, N.Y., July 29 (UPI) -- A New York health insurer says it will institute coverage of same-sex couples married in Canada as a result of a civil rights lawsuit.
SACRAMENTO, July 18 (UPI) -- Two healthcare plans have agreed to pay $13 million and offer coverage to more than 2,000 Californians dropped after they became sick, state officials said.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- California has accused Blue Shield, one of the state's largest healthcare plans, of 1,262 violations that cost more than 200 people their medical coverage.
BOSTON, June 11 (UPI) -- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts and MDdatacor said they have launched a pilot to pinpoint patients getting below-standard care.
WASHINGTON, June 6 (UPI) -- The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association announced pharmacy and clinical services contracts for its U.S. Federal Employee Program Wednesday.
LAS VEGAS, April 2 (UPI) -- U.S. health insurer Anthem Blue Cross And Blue Shield said Monday it has launched the 'RightPlan PPO 40' for Nevadans seeking individual plans.
TAMPA, Fla., Jan. 23 (UPI) -- A U.S. group is challenging an insurance company's requirement that morbidly obese people be given an IQ test before undergoing weight loss surgery.
SOUTHFIELD, Mich., July 10 (UPI) -- Blue Care Network of Michigan Monday announced a program to reward its policyholders for adopting healthy lifestyles.
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 25 (UPI) -- California regulators said Blue Cross must fully cover patients in three Los Angeles County hospitals until March 15 while a dispute there continues.
VERO BEACH, Fla., Dec. 28 (UPI) -- A disgruntled Florida foot doctor who thought a patient had been rude refunded the man's insurance claim with 29,000 pennies.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- A Blue Cross/Blue Shield survey finds that customers enrolled in high-deductible plans combined with health savings accounts are satisfied with the coverage.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Sept. 21 (UPI) -- A Florida doctors group refused to give flu shots and immunizations to children covered by an arm of Blue Cross/Blue Shield, citing below-cost reimbursements.
