12/25/2008 News For: Blue Cross Blue Shield Health InsuranceBlue Cross wants to rate doctors on consumer experience Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina will use the firm behind the Zagat dining guide to run an online survey rating the consumer experience provided by doctors, North Carolina's largest health insurer said yesterday. BLUE CROSS TO ZAGAT DOCS Blue Cross and Blue Shield is teaming with the Zagat dining guide to provide doctor rankings for its members. Zagat will survey Blue Cross members using a 30-point scale on four criteria - trust, communication, availability and office environment... Blue Cross launches doctor-rating survey Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina has launched a free, online tool that enables its customers to share their experiences in being treated by N.C. doctors. WLP TVHD and EKCITA awarded grant from Blue Shield of California Foundation On Dec. 11, 2008, Tehachapi Valley Healthcare District and East Kern County Integrated Technology Association EKCITA received notice of being awarded $125,000 through the Blue Shield of California Foundation. The grant focuses on expanding the current healthcare community effort of ?health information exchange.? Tehachapi is recognized by both the state and federal government for being ... Hospital Websites Vastly Outperform Health Insurance Websites In Study ForeSee Results announced that in a broad benchmark measuring aggregate customer satisfaction with many different kinds of healthcare websites, hospital websites vastly outperform the websites of health insurance companies. On the ForeSee Results benchmark's 100-point scale, hospital websites received an aggregate score of 74 and health insurance websites received an aggregate score of 65. A Less Healthy Health Insurance Sector The U.S. economy is in a recession, and the health insurance industry has not proved immune to what ails the nation. With joblessness on the rise, volatile financial markets, and consumer income either flat or falling by most measures, Standard & Poor's Ratings Services on Nov. 3 revised the outlook on the managed care industry to negative from stable. The impact of the deteriorating economy, ... Blue Cross wants consumers to rank doctors The Zagat Health Survey gives patients a way to review and evaluate four non-medical measures of their experience with physicians: trust, communication, availability and office environment. A.M. Best affirms ratings A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of A+, or superior, and issuer credit ratings of AA- of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of South Carolina and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. Denn blasts 'misleading info' on Blue Cross rates Delaware Insurance Commissioner Matt Denn blasted what he described as misleading information regarding the state?s involvement in health insurance rates contained in rate increase notices sent by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware. Blue Cross Patients To Post Doctor Reviews Online Blue Cross and Blue Shield of N.C. launched a new tool Monday that lets customers share their opinions about their doctors on the web.? Officials say it is one more tool to support consumer decision-making. |




