Posts Tagged ‘Blue Shield’
Blue Shield of California Medicare Plans Receive Four Stars for Quality
Blue Shield of California's 2013 Medicare Advantage HMO and Medicare Part D prescription drug plans received four stars for program quality from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). This is the second year in a row CMS awarded Blue Shield of California a 4 Star rating. CMS measures the quality and performance of Medicare [...]
Blue Shield Teams with two CA Healthcare Groups to Form ACO
Blue Shield of California is planning to link up with California's Dominican Hospital and Physicians Medical Group in Santa Cruz to form an accountable care organization (ACO) . It is the insurer's eighth ACO. “As a member of Dignity Health, we have a long and notable commitment to creating a more just health system," said Nan Mickiewicz, [...]
Why One Insurer Won’t Extend Obamacare Benefits
Among the health plans, Blue Shield of California has been one of Obamacare’s biggest cheerleaders. But executives there worry that any promise to continue with a few Affordable Care Act benefits, regardless of what the Supreme Court does, could undercut the case for leaving the law standing. The health reform law requires that insurers spend 80 [...]
