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Independence Blue Cross Earns Full Re-Accreditation in Health Utilization Management and Case Management from URAC   Independence Blue Cross announced that Independence Health Care Management, a wholly owned IBC subsidiary, has been awarded full accreditation in Health Utilization Management and Case Management from URAC, a Washington, DC-based health care accrediting organization that establishes quality standards for the health care industry.

New Hanover Regional to open pediatric intensive care unit  New Hanover Regional Medical Center's first pediatric intensive care unit, or PICU, is set to open in two months with six licensed beds in the new Betty H. Cameron Women's and Children's Hospital.

Friday's Le Grand Cirque Show @ Blue Cross Arena Canceled  The opening performance of "Le Grand Cirque" at the Blue Cross Arena this weekend has been canceled. The show on Friday has been canceled, but Saturday and Sunday's shows will go on.

Blue Shield of California awards $29.5M in bonuses to California medical groups  Blue Shield of California said Tuesday it’s awarding $29.5 million in performance bonuses to California medical groups and IPAs this year, compared with $31 million last year.

Study notes health care disparities in Minnesota  Minnesota medical groups are providing better quality care to patients with private health insurance than those covered through public programs, according to a report released Wednesday.

Massachusetts lawmakers pass legislation to attract more primary care physicians to state as wait times for ...  The average wait time for an appointment with a primary care physician in Massachusetts this year increased to 36 days from 34 days in 2007, according to an annual study by the Massachusetts Medical Society, the AP/Boston Herald reports AP/Boston Herald, 9/22.

Blue Cross & Blue Shield Goes Green  Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas had employees dancing in their courtyard as they learned how to help preserve the earth.

Ike-battered Galveston allows residents to return   Ten days after Hurricane Ike, this devastated beach town reopened to residents Wednesday with stern warnings about what still lurks on the island — rotting cattle carcasses, snakes and swarms of mosquitoes — and what isn't there: drinking water, reliable electricity, medical care or sewer service.

Blue seeks the green  William Marino joined Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield in 1992, when the state's biggest health insurer was losing money and was viewed as slow to anticipate sweeping changes in the health-care landscape.

As health-care premiums rise, workers at smaller firms feel pinch  Premiums for job-based health insurance are up 5 percent in 2008 and have more than doubled since 1999, a growth rate that far outpaces inflation and the increase in workers' wages over the same period, according to an annual survey of employers. Meanwhile, a growing number of workers at smaller firms are getting less coverage for their money as health plans with high deductibles and fewer ...

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