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Managed Care Companies
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TOUCHPOINT ORDERED TO PAY PATIENT’S CANCER CARE
The Supreme Court of Wisconsin upheld a lower court ruling ordering Touchpoint Health Plan Inc. (Appleton, WI) to pay for ongoing medical treatment for a boy suffering from a rare form of brain cancer.
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AETNA TOPS IN PAYING CLAIMS, DATA SHOW
Aetna is the top health plan in paying claims promptly and has the lowest claims denial rate among provider clients of electronic claims software vendor AthenaHealth.com (Watertown, MA).
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S&P SEES MODERATE BCBS M&A ACTIVITY
Merger and acquisition activity among not-for-profit and mutual Blue Cross Blue Shield plans is expected to be “moderate” in 2008, with no large deals other than the pending merger of Highmark and Independence Blue Cross, according to a report from Standard & Poor’s (New York).
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NOT-FOR-PROFIT BLUES STRONG, S&P SAYS
Despite growing competition from for-profit health plans, not-for-profit and mutual Blue Cross Blue Shield plans “remain well-positioned to retain membership,” according to a report from Standard & Poor’s (New York)
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