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ST. PAUL, Minn., Oct. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A new study by pharmacy benefit manager Prime Therapeutics (Prime), in collaboration with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, found that the recent dramatic increase in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) specialty drug costs has resulted in the drug costs now accounting for more than two-thirds of the patients total cost of care. While many with MS have seen improved quality of life as a result of drug therapy, unfortunately these MS specialty...

LANSING, Mich., Sept. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- MAHP Executive Director Rick Murdock today told the Senate Health Policy Committee that significant changes are necessary to the proposed Blue Cross deregulation bills if Michigan is to improve competitiveness in the state's health insurance bills. Murdock noted that Blue Cross Blue Shield has 70 percent of Michigan's commercial insurance market - a monopoly by any measure - and that the bills as they are now in the committee would...

EMERYVILLE, Calif., Sept. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- MedeAnalytics, a leading provider of healthcare performance management solutions, announced today that Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont (BCBSVT), Vermont's only locally based health plan committed to the health and wellness of their members and responsible cost management, formed a new partnership with MedeAnalytics, a leading provider of performance management solutions across the health care system to ensure accountability and...

New Program Seeks to Impact 480,000 Children Over Three Years in Illinois, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas CHICAGO, Sept. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Lung Association of the Upper Midwest (ALAUM) and Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC) have announced a joint initiative to improve pediatric asthma care to an estimated 480,000 children over the next three years in Illinois, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. In partnership with HCSC's Healthy Kids, Healthy...

177,000 members across region will have access to full range of services MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City (Blue KC) has entered into a new partnership with HealthFitness, a leading provider of health management solutions, to offer more comprehensive health management and risk prevention services to nearly 200,000 Blue KC members. Blue KC's health and wellness program, called A Healthier You, has been available to...

BROOKFIELD, Wis., Aug. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Connecture, Inc., the leading provider of Web-based information systems used to create health insurance marketplaces and exchanges, and Topaz Shared Services, LLC (Topaz), today announced Topaz will use Connecture's InsureAdvantage® - a modular, Web-based software platform that enables health plans to sell, administer and manage their products with ease - in its shared services offering. (Logo:...

BOWIE, Md., Aug. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Inovalon, Inc. (the new name of MedAssurant, Inc.), a leading provider of data-driven healthcare solutions, today announced that Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota (Blue Cross), the largest health plan in Minnesota, has renewed and expanded its partnership with Inovalon with a multi-year engagement extending its existing partnership and implementing new solutions focused on achieving improved quality outcomes and advanced healthcare...

PHA Honorary Chair First Lady Michelle Obama lauds the commitment, which gives cities and towns the chance to win scholarships to provide kids more space for outdoor activities and exercise PHILADELPHIA, July 18, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Partnership for a Healthier America (PHA), which works with the private sector and PHA Honorary Chair First Lady Michelle Obama to end the childhood obesity crisis, today announced that the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association (BCBSA)...

DETROIT, June 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has clarified the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan will continue to lead Michigan's health insurers in implementing changes necessary to have a well-functioning health insurance market in place for Michigan consumers by October 1, 2013. That is when the health exchange is scheduled to be open for people to enroll in coverage. "In many ways,...

Premium-discount program offers individuals a chance to earn cash credits through healthy living EAGAN, Minn., June 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota (Blue Cross) has become the first plan in Minnesota to offer individual products with a built-in financial incentive for achieving good health. The "Healthy Incentives" program, available through Blue Cross individual plans, offers a $100 annual credit for meeting four basic health goals:...