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Managed Care
September 2003 |
Anthem Blocked In Bid To Buy BCBS of Kansas The consolidation of member plans in the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association has hit yet another snag. The Kansas Supreme Court on Aug. 6 upheld an order blocking the $190 million sale of the not-for-profit Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas to Anthem, a for-profit operation.   |
Managed Care
December 2002
Frank Diamond |
Blues on the Move The resurgence of what was once primarily known as the insurer of last resort has been breathtaking. Can it be sustained? Even better, replicated? |
Managed Care
December 2004
John Carroll |
Anthem-WellPoint Deal A Windfall for Two States The Anthem-WellPoint merger is a done deal, thanks to buyer Anthem's generous offerings to two states whose approvals were needed to create the largest health insurer in the country. |
Managed Care
February 2006
John Carroll |
Consolidations Should Bring Nationwide Contracts The whole is often greater than the sum of its parts, and that is proving to be the case with health plans. Will we end up with just 4 or 5 competitors? |
BusinessWeek
May 23, 2005
Joseph Weber |
The BW 50: In The Pink Of Health Larry C. Glasscock followed one of Corporate America's more winding career paths to become chief executive officer of WellPoint Inc., the $45 billion-a-year health care company that runs Blue Cross Blue Shield Assn. plans in 13 states. |
BusinessWeek
May 23, 2005 |
The WellPoint CEO's "Simple Philosophy" Larry Glasscock, head of the $45-billion-a-year health-care insurer WellPoint, discusses his "very humble beginnings," lessons learned from his company's merger, and pressing issues in health care. |
Foundation News & Commentary
May/Jun 2006
Kosaras & Biemesderfer |
Partners for Public Good Building relationships between state charity regulators and the charitable sector is important. Here's how it can be done. |
Managed Care
April 2007
John Carroll |
Mergers: Is Bigger Better? Health plan consolidation has its upside, but some who contract with insurers see only the downside. |
The Motley Fool
October 16, 2009
Brian Orelli |
Congress to Insurers: Say Goodbye to Your Monopoly There's growing support in Congress to repeal insurers' federal antitrust exemption. |
Managed Care
February 2004 |
Overall, a good climate in 2004 Operating performance is expected to be strong this year, thanks to moderating medical costs and rate increases that are forecast to run between 10 percent and 12 percent, on average. |
Managed Care
September 2005
Martin Sipkoff |
The Private Sector Can, Should, and Will Help Solve the Problem of the Uninsured WellPoint Chairman Leonard Schaeffer and other health plan leaders believe they can help with the chronic societal issue of uninsured Americans. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
October 1, 2011
David Balekdjian |
In Establishing the Evidence Base, He Made Science Count Robert Seidman leveraged his role as the insurer group WellPoint's first Chief Pharmacy Officer to drive many important changes in the institutional relationship between Big Pharma and its now equally big customers. |
The Motley Fool
September 28, 2006
Dan Caplinger |
How to Form a Non-Profit Organization Take care of the legal technicalities involved in setting up your own charity. |
Managed Care
July 2006
John Carroll |
Proposal Would Limit Profit of Some California Plans California's insurance commissioner thinks some insurers have the potential to gouge the consumer, and wants to mandate a high medical loss ratio. |
AFP eWire
April 17, 2006 |
Value of Relationships Between State Regulators and Philanthropy State and charity regulators and philanthropy can work together to strengthen the philanthropic sector, argues a new report published by the Council on Foundations and the Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers. |
The Motley Fool
July 27, 2004
Tom Taulli |
What's at Stake in Managed Care Merger? Anthem and WellPoint's union may face a fight against California. |
Managed Care
September 2003
John Carroll |
Some Lobbying Tactics Have Pols Seeing Red More than 600 groups have lined up against association health plans, lobbying exhaustively against them in Congress. But the manner in which the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association went about it raised some hackles. |
Managed Care
September 2000 |
Pending Affiliation Could Make Blues Group Biggest Not-for-Profit An affiliation between the parent of Blues companies in four Pacific Northwest states and the operator of Blues plans in Illinois and Texas will create the nation's largest not-for-profit insurer... |
The Motley Fool
October 23, 2006
Dan Caplinger |
Give Back to Your Community Serving on a charitable board takes hard work but pays back big dividends. If you choose to join a charity's board of directors, here are some things to consider. |
