Article: Blue Cross of California Fined $1 Million

Article: Blue Cross of California Statement.
PR Newswire;  March 23, 2007 ;     438 words ......Cross of California (Blue Cross) said today that...Managed Health Care's (DMHC) Non-Routine Medical...for rescission. Blue Cross will respond in greater detail to the DMHC's findings released...vast majority of Blue Cross' rescissions are...rescission issues. ...

Article: HMO PROVIDERS CLAIM BLUE CROSS COMPETES UNFAIRLY
The Boston Globe;  August 18, 1989 ;     591 words ...Is Blue Cross merely playing hardball or is it throwing...come down with a finding. A parade of Blue Cross-Blue Shield competitors and customers...maintenance organization that competes with Blue Cross. Specifically, Blue Cross is accused...

Article: BLUE CROSS UNDER THE GUN MAJOR NEW STUDY, DUE IN 2 WEEKS, OUTLINES MASS. INSURER'S WOES
The Boston Globe;  February 27, 1990 ;     700+ words ...Blue Cross-Blue Shield of Massachusetts has always...money to pay for them. A major study of Blue Cross, due out in about two weeks, is expected...will amount to a strong indictment of Blue Cross' management, according to a variety of...

Article: Blue Cross expected to cut 500 jobs
The Boston Globe;  May 27, 1995 ;     572 words ...Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts is expected to...the company said yesterday. Up to 14 percent of Blue Cross' 5,600 employees will be affected, said the sources. Blue Cross plans to begin handing out pink slips within the...

Article: Blue Cross keeps its appeal despite exec suite chaos. (Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Ohio)
Crain's Cleveland Business;  March 17, 1997 ;     700+ words ...Top management at Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Ohio may be a...HCA Healthcare Corp. or anyone else. Blue Cross still makes a whale of a transaction...hospital Mt. Sinai Health System. Blue Cross' effort to be acquired by Nashville-bas...

Article: SMALL FIRMS HIT POLICY SHIFT BY INSURER SAY BLUE CROSS ABANDONING THEM
The Boston Globe;  April 11, 1998 ;     565 words ...Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts is no...the insurer is abandoning small firms. Blue Cross insisted yesterday that it was committed...the Boston Chamber of Commerce, where Blue Cross's chief executive, William Van Faasen...

Article: 46,786 Blue Cross Members Hit With Overcharges; Consumer Group Calls for Repayments, Penalties
U.S. Newswire;  May 2, 2005 ;     700+ words ......similar demand to Blue Cross. In a letter sent today to the DMHC, FTCR wrote: "Simply...enough however. Blue Cross must be punished...Arnold spent calling Blue Cross and her local bank. FTCR called on DMHC to add the overcharges...meeting to investigate Blue ...

Article: Blue Cross, Acadian Ambulance spar
The Greater Baton Rouge Business Report;  February 18, 1997 ;     700+ words ...Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana has filed suit against the...Med Services filed faulty claims or improperly billed Blue Cross over the past six years. The bulk of Blue Cross' contention involves Medicare claims, for which Blue...

Article: Blue Cross to detail reorganization plan
The Boston Globe;  December 18, 1997 ;     409 words ...Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts tomorrow...Commissioner Linda Ruthardt, calls for Blue Cross to divide into a tax-exempt managed care...particularly senior citizens who rely on Blue Cross's Medex indemnity insurance to pay medical...

Article: BLUE CROSS TURNS SLIM PROFIT, ITS FIRST IN FOUR YEARS
The Boston Globe;  March 2, 1990 ;     438 words ...Blue Cross-Blue Shield of Massachusetts turned a...health insurer has been in the black. Blue Cross said it earned $1.5 million last year...enrollment down to 2.6 million. In 1988 Blue Cross lost 350,000 members. Blue Cross made...

Article: Planned Blue Cross split may hit elderly subscribers.
The Boston Herald;  February 6, 1997 ;     700+ words ...Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts wants...and its 200,000 elderly subscribers. Blue Cross insisted yesterday's decision by its...legally separate Medex from the other Blue Cross operations. Several industry experts...

Article: Blues' Clapp shifts gears, vows not to peddle insurer. (Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Ohio president Kent W. Clapp; mutual insurance company)
Crain's Cleveland Business;  March 24, 1997 ;     700+ words ...The Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Ohio that has emerged...operating officer and acting chairman of Blue Cross, during an interview last Thursday. Mr...deliver quality, low-cost health care to Blue Cross policyholders. Mr. Clapp said last week...

Article: Insurer plans breakup In bid to stem losses, Blue Cross says it will divide into four firms
The Boston Globe;  February 6, 1997 ;     694 words ...Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts, seeking...company headed by William Van Faasen, Blue Cross's current chief executive. Van Faasen...updated." The current arrangement places Blue Cross under two sets of state insurance regulations...

Article: Blue Cross sues Condell over PPO coverage
Gurnee Review (IL);  October 1, 2007 ;     476 words ...Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois has filed...from canceling its PPO contract with Blue Cross before the end of the year. Condell announced...was terminating its PPO contract with Blue Cross effective Oct. 1, after contract talks...