BCBSA Appoints Alissa Fox To Head Washington Office Of Policy And Representation
The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) today announced the appointment of Alissa Fox as Senior Vice President of the Office of Policy and Representation to lead the Association's political, legislative, regulatory, and policy activities on behalf of the nation's 39 Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies.
Healthcare Organizations Launch Collaborative Initiative To Test HIPAA Transactions Against Proposed 5010 Standards
Four leading healthcare industry organizations announced today they are collaborating with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on the formation of a 5010 Testing Project to address real-time testing of the new X12 HIPAA 5010 transactions implementation. The organizations include CAQH, the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), the Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) Initiative, and the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association (BCBSA).
FEP Reaches Agreement With OPM On Standard Option Planned Surgery Out-Of-Network Benefit Change
In response to the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association's (BCBSA) Federal Employee Program (FEP) members' concerns and those raised by Rep. Danny Davis and his Subcommittee on the Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the District of Columbia, Steve Gammarino, BCBSA senior vice president of national programs and the Service Benefit Plan, today announced an agreement has been reached with the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to change the design of the 2009 Standard Option planned surgical, out-of-network, non-participating provider benefit.
BCBSA Applauds Nomination Of Tom Daschle To Lead HHS, New White House Office On Health Reform
Scott P. Serota, president and chief executive officer of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association (BCBSA), released the following statement regarding President-elect Barack Obama's nomination of former Senator Tom Daschle as secretary of health and human services, and to lead the administration's healthcare reform initiative.
Consumers And Employers Paying Almost $90 Billion Due To Under-Payments To Hospitals And Physicians By Medicare And Medicaid
Low Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements to hospitals and physicians lead to significantly higher health insurance costs for consumers and employers, according to a study released today by Milliman Inc.
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