Fallon Community Health Plan to distribute more than $150,000 to hunger relief programs

Fallon Community Health Plan to distribute more than $150,000 to hunger relief programs Worcester, Mass., November 14, 2011—Fallon Community Health Plan (FCHP) today announced it will distribute more than $150,000 to dozens of food pantries and hunger relief programs throughout …

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Town Hall Discussion regarding Tufts Medical Center/New England Quality Care Alliance (NEQCA) & BCBSMA

Today we participated in a Town Hall discussion by Tufts Medical Center/New England Quality Care Alliance (NEQCA) regarding their negotiations with BCBSMA………..talked about how these negotiations could impact BCBSMA HMO customers who are patients or use these medical facilities

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MA falls from top for health care costs in 2010

Massachusetts is no longer at the top in USA for health care costs in 2010 per the BOSTON GLOBE 11/17/2011.  To read more click here

Blue Cross Blue Shield of MA distributes refunds to policyholders

Blue Cross Blue Shield of MA is issuing refunds to approximately 38,000 individual policyholders.  To read more click here Boston Globe, 10/21/2011

The ABCDs of Medicare

American Profile magazine (Sept 25th – Oct 1) reports a comprehensive Medicare definition, part by part… To read more click here

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care is first in NCQA Health Insurance Plan Rankings for 2011 – 2012

NCQA Health Insurance Plan Rankings for 2011 – 2012 place Harvard Pilgrim Health Care as # 1 for Private Insurance Plans. To read more click here

Some hospitals back price curbs

As reported in the Boston Globe:  Support is building among some Massachusetts hospitals for temporary government limits on health care prices, a remarkable development in an industry that has long favored letting the marketplace determine how much providers are paid …

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Harvard Pilgrim, Tufts sign memo to explore merger

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Tufts Health Plan, two large health plans in Massachusetts, said today that they have signed a nonbinding memorandum of understanding to explore a possible merger.  To read more, click here.

2 Big Health Plans May Merge

The state’s second- and third-largest health plans, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Tufts Health Plan, are set to tell their employees today that they are exploring a merger that would reshape the region’s health insurance landscape.  To read more click …

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Blue Cross CEO Says Providers Must Control Costs, Or Else

As reported by the Boston Globe: The chief executive of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, the state’s largest health insurer, is calling on hospitals and doctors to step up efforts to contain health care costs, warning that those insisting …

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