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Blue Cross plans

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

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BLUE CROSS DENIES DEAL IS IN WORKS< BUT A SPOKESWOMAN SAYS THE COMPANY HAS TALKED WITH OTHER INSURERS AND IS WAITING TO HEAR FROM THEM.
; ...Cross was talking to larger Blue Cross plans about a possible buyout and...mutual company that operates Blue Cross plans in other states. Anthem has...another Blue Cross plan. Some Blue Cross plans are for-profit organizations... Read more
Mass. Blue Cross says report by GAO was based on old data
; ...one of 11 "financially weak" Blue Cross plans in the country. In a statement...plan was one of a number of Blue Cross plans that did not quickly respond...HMOs. The GAO report said many Blue Cross plans, including the one in Massachusetts... Read more
Blue Cross expected to cut 500 jobs
; Blue Cross and Blue Shield...14 percent of Blue Cross' 5,600 employees...said the sources. Blue Cross plans to begin handing...department, they said. Blue Cross officials would...be named. Blue Cross "is looking at...million in 1995. Blue ... Read more
Pennsylvania's Two Largest Blue Cross Plans Hold Merger Talks.
; ...Pennsylvania's two largest Blue Cross plans, Independence Blue Cross and...one of the top three nonprofit Blue Cross plans in the United States, according...Grauman said. The number of Blue Cross plans has dropped nearly in half over... Read more
WELLPOINT TO BID ON BLUE CROSS.(Business)
; ...Anthem and WellPoint operate Blue Cross plans in various states. On Friday...Colorado sent a letter to seven Blue Cross plans across the country, including...from releasing those names. Blue Cross plans to file the plan for becoming... Read more
Blue Cross to receive answer in March
; ...considered today in the way Blue Cross plans to turn over stock in the new...groups that have challenged Blue Cross' plans. "We are encouraged by the appraisal...the consumer groups opposed to Blue Cross' plans. "We will be analyzing the recommendation... Read more
[2] Blue Cross merger hits organized opposition.(Business)
; ...the Maryland plan. The merged Blue Cross plans would cover more than 2.1 million...cost-cutting mergers by many Blue Cross plans, which are independent licensees...standards for its members. Sixteen Blue Cross plans, including Richmond-based Trigon... Read more
Blue Cross merger hits organized opposition.(Business)
; ...the Maryland plan. The merged Blue Cross plans would cover more than 2.1 million...cost-cutting mergers by many Blue Cross plans, which are independent licensees...standards for its members. Sixteen Blue Cross plans, including Richmond-based Trigon... Read more
Managers make good opening move in Blue Cross chess match
; ...This tactic was adopted after Blue Cross plans in other states ran into trouble...because traditionally, non-profit Blue Cross plans across the nation have received...to create some of the value Blue Cross plans to propose to sell to the public... Read more
HMOs Turn Acquisitive Eye on North Carolina Blue Cross, Blue Shield.
; ...largest for-profit operators of Blue Cross plans turn their attention to the...national network of for-profit Blue Cross plans. Now many industry analysts...Anthem and Wellpoint love solid Blue Cross plans with good cash reserves. I would... Read more

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