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← Older postsConservative justices question insurance mandate
March 27, 2012WASHINGTON (AP) — Sharp questioning by the Supreme Court’s conservative justices has cast serious doubt on the survival of the individual insurance requirement … Continue reading
Posted in Industry News | Tagged group health insurance, health insurance, Health reform, MA health insurance | Comments OffAP: Mass. health care 5-year lobbying topped $51M
March 26, 2012Hospitals, insurers, doctors and unions are spending tens of millions of dollars trying to make sure their voices are heard …. Continue reading
Posted in Industry News | Tagged group health insurance, health insurance, Health reform, MA health insurance | Comments OffHarvard Pilgrim cuts health premium rate increase
January 31, 2012Ten days after state regulators approved Harvard Pilgrim Health Care’s request for premium increases of 3.8 percent for the period starting April 1, the Wellesley-based insurer said yesterday it has effectively slashed its rate increase in half. Continue reading
Posted in Industry News | Tagged group health insurance, health insurance, MA health insurance | Comments OffCost-controlled health coverage gaining ground
January 30, 2012In just three years, a new way of paying for medical care has spread rapidly across Massachusetts, and now more than 1.2 million people are covered by plans that put providers on a budget in an effort to restrain health spending.
Posted in Industry News | Tagged group health insurance, health insurance, MA health insurance | Comments OffChildren’s, Blue Cross deal curbs payments
January 24, 2012Children’s Hospital Boston has agreed to a three-year contract with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Continue reading
Posted in Industry News | Tagged group health insurance, health insurance, MA health insurance | Comments OffInsurers hold back on rate increases
January 21, 2012State regulators have approved premium increases averaging 2.3 percent for health insurance covering hundreds of thousands of residents, the most modest hikes in at least a decade and a sign that years of efforts to control costs may be working.
Posted in Industry News | Tagged group health insurance, health insurance, MA health insurance | Comments OffHealth insurers slow rise in fees
December 26, 2011Massachusetts insurers, taking a tougher line in bargaining with health care providers under pressure from financially strained customers and government regulators, have held payment increases to the lowest level in years. Continue reading
Posted in Industry News | Tagged group health insurance, health insurance, MA health insurance | Comments OffThe Blue Cross-Tufts Medical Fight: Who Wins?
December 15, 2011These things keep happening because, like it or not, our state’s hospital payment system is designed to ensure that these events occur. And the likely winner? Governor Deval Patrick.
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New Contract Agreement Reached between Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Tufts Medical Center and New England Quality Care Alliance
December 8, 2011BCBSMA Members Can Continue to Seek Care at Tufts Medical Center and from its Community Physician Network Continue reading
Posted in Industry News | Tagged group health insurance, health insurance, MA health insurance | Comments OffSteward Health Care lures away Compass Medical doctors from Partners HealthCare
December 8, 2011Escalating its competition with other Boston-area hospital chains, for-profit company Steward Health Care System has lured away another major doctors group from a rival, this time grabbing a large South Shore practice from Partners HealthCare. Continue reading
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