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		<title><![CDATA[Winn-Dixie Offers Health Benefits Cards]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[JACKSONVILLE, Fla. ? Winn-Dixie Stores here yesterday said it was partnering with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida to offer discounted "Health Cards" at all 353 of its Florida locations. The cards include a $59 Gift of Health Care card, which can be applied to the insurance plan the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:08:33 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Laptop Theft Nets Data On 800,000 Doctors]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The laptop, belonging to an employee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association BCBSA, was stolen from a car in late August, according to reports in the Boston Globe and the Chicago Tribune. It contained a database listing the business and personal information of about 800,000 doctors.  ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:47:07 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Healthcare Roundup: Wal-Mart Steps Forward, Ryan to Step Down, Novant Expands to Virginia, and More]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wal-Mart Steps Forward â€" Wal-Mart Stores, the nationâ€™s largest retailer, has endorsed the idea of an employer mandate to cover workers, with three caveats: it must be part of larger health care reforms, it must exempt small firms, and it must allow employers to offer the kind of basic coverage...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:21:36 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Miami Insurance Experiment Wins Provider Concessions]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Miami-Dade County, one of the most expensive healthcare markets in the country, has teamed up with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida in an effort to lower the number of Miamiâ€™s uninsured, who include an estimated 600,000 people. The Florida Blues is offering a new health plan, Miami-Dade Blue, that...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 15:58:10 -0700</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Highmark and Independence Blue Cross, two Blue health-insurance plans in Pennsylvania that have sought to merge for almost two years, called off the deal today for a seemingly quirky reason: The state insurance commissioner would have forced the combined company to give up either the Blue Cross or Blue Shield...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 19:25:24 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Tufts Medical-Blue Cross Ceasefire: A Grand Bargain on Quality and Cost?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/healthcare/1000304/tufts-medical-blue-cross-ceasefire-in-massachusetts-a-grand-bargain-on-quality-and-cost/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The big standoff between Tufts Medical Center and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, in which Tufts threatened to cut off patients insured by the Blue unless the health-insurance outfit agreed to pay it more, is over. But the most interesting thing here may be the new contract Tufts has...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 11:21:19 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Tufts Medical Vs. Blue Cross: The Hospital/Health Insurance Wars Get Nasty]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tufts Medical Center has thrown down the gauntlet to Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts by refusing to accept coverage unless the Blue agrees to hike reimbursement rates for Tufts doctors and the hospital itself. It's the latest acrimonious battle between insurance companies and hospitals -- but also a sign...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 19:32:21 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Healthcare Roundup: Tufts vs. Blue Cross, $100B Stimulus for Healthcare, and More]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tufts Medical plays chicken, threatens to cut off Blue Cross Blue Shield in Massachusetts; the federal economic stimulus bill could pump $100 billion into healthcare; nonprofit hospitals may be vulnerable to acquisition during the downturn; UnitedHealth subsidiary slammed for poor healthcare outsourcing service in Texas; and more. by David P....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:06:27 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[An Insurance Giant Embraces A Policy Of Shipping Efficiency]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1184901]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[UPS recommendations help Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan save more than $1 million. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Michigan's manual shipping system left too much room for inefficiency. The insurance company streamlined its system with several UPS solutions, including UPS CampusShip and UPS Mail Innovations. In a year,...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Blues Remain on the Prowl]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nonprofit Blue Cross and Blue Shield health-insurance plans are increasingly in competition with nationwide giants like WellPoint and UnitedHealth Group, and sometimes lack the resources to invest in major IT projects. So it's no surprise that the Blues are still on the prowl for ways to get bigger, faster. The...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:11:25 -0800</pubDate>
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