Other important tools, such as the Blue Shield, have been developed by non-governmental organizations.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois squeaked out the top spot for health insurance satisfaction.
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Other insurers, including Aetna and Blue Shield of California, have also announced large premium hikes.
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Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Montana president and chief executive officer Michael E.
In California, Blue Shield has asked regulators to approve premium increases of up to 20 percent.
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And as a nonprofit, Blue Shield already saves money that its for-profit competitors have to remit as taxes.
When Massachusetts became a mandatory insurance state, the caterer began offering Blue Cross Blue Shield of MA HMO.
Blue Shield of California planned to grade doctors with a blue ribbon if their clinical outcomes are superior.
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Talibah was a project manager at the life insurance subsidiary of Blue Shield of California in San Francisco.
Mr. Davila said Blue Shield had signed an exchange contract with Tenet but declined to comment on its terms.
Worse, Smith wasn't able to meet with anyone from Blue Cross Blue Shield until nine months after the merger.
Tenet Healthcare, for one, has offered Blue Cross Blue Shield a discount of 10 percent off of its standard commercial rates.
The Boones were fortunate that Vince's employer's policy with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield picked up the cost of the transplant.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee ultimately chose to keep eDoc4u as a client and paid up for the expanded offerings.
Last year, Michigan Blue Cross Blue Shield raised rates by 22 percent after asking to raise them by up to 56 percent.
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Steve is joined by Rod Collins, the former chief operating executive of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Federal Employee Program (FEP).
Last year, Blue Shield of California launched Blue Groove that offers incentives.
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It is part of a broader experiment with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, the insurer that employs Ms Duni.
Its directors and advisers hail from tech giants such as Texas Instruments, Blue Cross Blue Shield and several major research hospitals in the region.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina recently began buying spending data on more than 3 million people in its employer group plans.
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In a public-relations coup, Blue Shield of California announced that it would cap its annual profits at 2%, rebating anything left over to its customers.
Doug Bartel, with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida, says the marketing plan for retail health coverage is not that different from cell phones.
Through his work with the Tennessee branch of the insurance company, Smith has been able to land business with Blue Cross Blue Shield's other divisions.
But when Gordian announced its sale to Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee , a not-for-profit health insurance company, in August 2005, Smith was shocked.
Thornton later merged with Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Hampshire.
The UK and Ireland Blue Shield Committee, which is a constituent part of the ICBS, is a standing Committee of the UK National Commission's Culture Committee.
He previously served as Medicare Part B director for Aetna, administering Medicare plans in nine states, and was with Blue Cross and Blue Shield before that.
Guertin's group designs new health insurance products and related marketing campaigns, sold under the Blue Cross Blue Shield umbrella to corporations and individuals in 14 states.
If Blue Shield suppresses its premiums with rebates, smaller competitors may not be able to match its prices and may thus be driven out of business.
The Department of Health and Human Services has identified a small-group policy offered by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia as the model for Georgia.
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