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Topic: Blue Cross Blue Shield Association

Health insurer Blue Cross Blue Shield’s data analysis spinoff looking to grow

Health insurer Blue Cross Blue Shield’s data analysis spinoff looking to grow

April 24, 2012 12:06 pm by | 0 Comments

Last year, health insurer Blue Cross Blue Shield Association spun off its data intelligence entity, known as Blue Health Intelligence. This year, the separate company is looking to raise $13.1 ... Read more
Uroplasty neuromodulation system reimbursed by UnitedHealthCare

Uroplasty neuromodulation system reimbursed by UnitedHealthCare

April 6, 2011 6:58 pm by | 0 Comments

Uroplasty’s Urgent PC Neuromodulation System, which treats overactive bladder by stimulating the posterior tibial nerve, will be covered by national insurance company UnitedHealthcare and regional insurer Excellus BlueCross BlueShield. UnitedHealthcare ... Read more
Medica ad campaign shows attitude, other health insurers could follow

Medica ad campaign shows attitude, other health insurers could follow

March 15, 2011 2:53 pm by | 1 Comments

Medica, one of the largest healthcare insurers operating in Minnesota, is showing some attitude with a new marketing campaign in the Twin Cities. Billboards, bus stop and skyway signs show ... Read more
Are insurers becoming a pain in the neck for spine surgery device makers?

Are insurers becoming a pain in the neck for spine surgery device makers?

January 31, 2011 12:19 pm by | 1 Comments

Are spinal fusion procedures on the way out? Health plans and a growing number of doctors think too many patients are getting lumbar fusions without first exhausting less expensive non-surgical ... Read more
510(k) predictions, a new Blue Cross Blue Shield spinoff (Weekend Rounds)

510(k) predictions, a new Blue Cross Blue Shield spinoff (Weekend Rounds)

January 15, 2011 8:36 am by | 0 Comments

Among the life science current events from last week: a Blue Cross Blue Shield spinoff, predictions on the changes in 510(k) regulations, Cleveland Clinic increases its interest in personalized medicine, ... Read more
Health insurance company BCBS to spin out Blue Health Intelligence

Health insurance company BCBS to spin out Blue Health Intelligence

January 10, 2011 9:00 am by | 0 Comments

Health insurance companies have increasingly relied on data-driven decision-making based on claims data. Blue Health Intelligence, a data analysis business for Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans, was created ... Read more
Post-health reform reality: living with less? (Morning Read)

Post-health reform reality: living with less? (Morning Read)

December 3, 2010 8:48 am by | 0 Comments

While questioning each other's money-making techniques, the chiefs of Massachusetts' most prominent hospital network and private health insurer agreed that controlling soaring healthcare costs begins with a shift in thinking: ... Read more
Geron uses embryonic stem cells for paralysis (Morning Read)

Geron uses embryonic stem cells for paralysis (Morning Read)

October 12, 2010 8:42 am by | 2 Comments

Geron Corp. used a therapy made from stem cells taken from human embryos to treat a patient paralyzed by a spinal-cord injury in the first U.S.-authorized test of the controversial ... Read more
Let the healthcare reform games begin

Let the healthcare reform games begin

August 20, 2010 7:41 pm by | 1 Comments

For a company that promises to "inform" consumers about the law, the letter from Blue Cross Blue Shield Minnesota is awfully vague. ... Read more
Is venture capital just a three-state game? (Morning Read)

Is venture capital just a three-state game? (Morning Read)

July 15, 2010 8:03 am by | 0 Comments

Highlights of the important and the interesting from the world of healthcare:Is venture capital just a three-state game? It was in the second quarter, according to data from the always-insightful ... Read more
Morning Read: Health insurance battle in Mass. heats up

Morning Read: Health insurance battle in Mass. heats up

April 7, 2010 8:17 am by | 0 Comments

Highlights of the important and interesting from the world of healthcare:Health insurance battle in Mass. heats up: In what’s become a bit of a poker game in Massachusetts, health insurers ... Read more
NovoLogix remakes itself to tame bizarre drug pricing system

NovoLogix remakes itself to tame bizarre drug pricing system

February 25, 2010 7:50 pm by | 0 Comments

NovoLogix Inc. is not the easiest company to understand. But it does have a colorful past and an intriguing future.Once a $400 million force in the home-health care market, the ... Read more
Night Read (Minnesota): Medica offers innovative product; lays off workers

Night Read (Minnesota): Medica offers innovative product; lays off workers

January 27, 2010 8:25 pm by | 0 Comments

Medica Encore is targeted at the pre-retirement boomer generation ages 50 to 64 who lack traditional health coverage through employers or other group sponsors, the company says. ... Read more
HealthPartners paid out a lot less incentive cash to docs in 2009

HealthPartners paid out a lot less incentive cash to docs in 2009

December 22, 2009 8:44 pm by | 0 Comments

Judging from HealthPartners' annual pay-for-performance figures, Americans seem to have received considerably less quality care in 2009. While the company's overall pool of incentive pay rose nearly 19 percent to ... Read more
Obama ridicules health insurers for their concern about public health plan — MedCity Morning Read, June 24, 2009

Obama ridicules health insurers for their concern about public health plan — MedCity Morning Read, June 24, 2009

June 24, 2009 7:53 am by | 0 Comments

In an effort to keep control of the health care reform debate, President Barack Obama on Tuesday ridiculed critics of his government-run health care plan saying private insurers have nothing ... Read more