Company Also Announces Delay in Start of CIGNA Contract Implementation AVON, Conn. -- Magellan Health Services, Inc. (Nasdaq:MGLN) announced today that it has entered into a binding letter of agreement with Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield, the largest insurer in New York and a subsidiary of WellPoint, Inc., to...
Beefing up security. Insurance Tightened background checks for new employees tops the list of changes in security practices at Florida companies since Sept. 11, 2001. Q. Which of these changes in security practices have you made since Sept. 11, 2001? ...
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas plan to merge into Health Care Service Corp in 1997. The two companies hope the merged company will be less vulnerable to economic problems in each area. The change in the TexaBlue Cross and Blue...
Jun. 5--Blue Shield of California is officially closing its Turlock office today, making it the last of 14 Central Valley service centers the company has closed in two years. The closings are part of the company's statewide plan to consolidate service Jun. 5--Blue Shield of California is...
DALLAS -- Zix Corporation (ZixCorpR), (Nasdaq:ZIXI), the leader in hosted services for email encryption and e-prescribing, today offered a corporate update by its chief executive officer, Rick Spurr. E[acute accent]"We are pleased to announce strong Q2 performances in both our email encryption and e-prescribing businesses," said Spurr. "Preliminary indications are...
Jul. 12--Consumer advocates voiced concern Wednesday over a proposed merger of Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies of Texas and Illinois that would transfer $324 million in reserves in Texas into a nonprofit mutual company in Chicago. Jul. 12--Consumer advocates voiced concern Wednesday over a proposed...
Louisville, Ky.-based Humana Inc. has named James E. Murray to the newly created position of corporate chief operating officer. Mr. Murray previously was the company's COO for its market and business segment operations. Detroit-based Blue Cross &a Louisville, Ky.-based Humana Inc. has named...