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**NEW** Blue Cross Blue Shield Issues Statements Regarding Health-Care Reform Legislation
June 2009 - In recent weeks, Blue Cross Blue Shield Association’s (BCBSA) health-care reform positions have been covered extensively in the media. BCBSA’s statement in response to the discussion draft of health-care reform legislation generated much of this coverage. The statement is available here for your review.
BCBSA Response to House Healthcare Reform Draft
Blue Cross Blue Shield Association's Technology Evaluation Center Releases Report On Behavioral Intervention for Autism Disorders
BCBSA’s Technology Evaluation Center (TEC) this week released a special report on behavioral therapies used in the treatment of children with autism spectrum disorders. TEC concludes that the evidence on the effectiveness of early intensive behavior therapy for autism is unclear, because the quality and consistency of current studies is lacking. Therefore, no conclusion for or against the therapies can be drawn from the available literature. The report is available here for your review.
TEC is dedicated to providing scientific analysis and opinions that advance the understanding of complex technology issues. This information allows providers to make decisions about which treatments best improve a patient's health outcomes, resulting in efficient use of health-care resources.
Blue Cross Blue Shield Association Launches Plan Profiles Website
The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association recently launched a Website that highlights what Blue Plans are doing to improve quality, rein in costs and extend coverage to all. BCBSA will update the site on a regular basis to reflect Plans' latest programs and results. The Website is accessible at http://www.blueadvocacy.org/plans.
Collaborative Partnership to Expand Access to Health-Care Provider Information Announced
Five Blue Cross Blue Shield Plans, all members of Consortium Health Plans, will partner to provide access to online, consumer-friendly health-care cost information.
Consumers and Employers Paying Almost $90 Billion Due to Underpayments to Hospitals and Physicians by Medicare and Medicaid
The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association and other organizations requested that Milliman prepare a comparison of hospital and physician payment levels among Medicare, Medicaid and commercial payers. The cost shift study report and the related press release are available for your review.
BCBSA Announces Support for Individual Mandate Coupled with a Requirement for Insurers to Offer Coverage to All
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Blue Cross Blue Shield Association Spearheads Initiative to Improve Healthcare Quality, Increase Cost Efficiency
The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association's Blue Distinction designation is demonstrating meaningful differences in healthcare outcomes and value, through collaboration with employer groups, providers and medical organizations to provide consumers with important quality information. The latest information on Blue Distinction facilities is available here.
Blue Distinction National Press Release
Blue Distinction FAQs
Employers and Consumers Recognize Value of CDHP
An October 2008 study of consumer-directed health plans (CDHPs) by WellPoint, Inc., found good news for both employers and consumers.
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Blue Cross Blue Shield Association Presents Consumer Driven Health Care Research Findings
The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association presented the key findings of its 2008 Consumer Driven Health Plans Member Experience Survey at the National Consumer Driven Health Summit in Washington, D.C., on October 20, 2008. The survey report and presentation are available for your review:
Blue Cross Blue Shield Companies Honored For Helping Consumers Manage Their Health Care
The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) has recognized four groundbreaking BCBS company initiatives for their innovative and successful approaches to improving health and wellness for consumers. These programs were recently recognized as BlueWorks winners. BlueWorks is a unique collaboration between BCBSA and the Harvard Medical School Department of Health Care Policy.
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Bending the Growth Curve of Health-care Spending
Scott Serota, president and CEO of Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, this week testified before the Senate Finance Committee. His testimony focused on three key areas: what is driving the cost of coverage, what BCBS Plans are doing in the marketplace to address these challenges, and how private payers and public programs can collaborate to build on the employer-based system and improve coverage throughout the country.
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Debating Health Care
Scott Serota, BCBSA president and CEO, recently spoke with the Kaiser Family Foundation as part of its Health Care Debate series. Serota discussed ways BCBSA believes health-care costs can be brought down. Serota also discussed a proposal to create a public-private partnership that would identify best medical practices and reward doctors who follow those practices.
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BCBS Companies Demonstrate Stewardship of Health-care Dollars
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association today unveiled its national, aggregate 2007 anti-fraud statistics and discussed preventive techniques to stem the problem of medical identity theft and health-care fraud.
The survey shows that BCBS companies' anti-fraud efforts collectively prevented $134 million from being spent on fraudulent or erroneous medical claims, while recouping nearly $115 million paid on fraudulent claims in 2007.
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Who We Are
Consortium Health Plans, Inc., was formed in 1992 to help its founding Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) Plans position the Blue System as the carrier of choice for national accounts.
A market-responsive organization, Consortium provides a clear and unified voice, as well as effective central coordination, for the Blue System.
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