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		<title><![CDATA[Highmark and Independence Blue Cross Withdraw Applications to Combine]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m4PRN/is_2009_Jan_21/ai_n31325988]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA and PITTSBURGH, Jan. 21  /PRNewswire/ -- Highmark Inc. and Independence Blue Cross IBC announced today that they have withdrawn their applications to the Pennsylvania Insurance Department PID to combine the two companies. They submitted the applications to the PID in April 2007.  In a joint statement, Kenneth...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Report: Blues merger would save money, but competition saves even more]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmtpi/is_200809/ai_n28101773]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Independence Blue Cross and Highmark Inc. promise that their proposed merger would benefit the public to the tune of more than a billion dollars in six years. But if Pittsburgh's Highmark entered the Philadelphia market as a competitor to Independence Blue Cross, rather than a collaborator, insurance customers and health-care...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The question of which jobs Blues would cut in a merger]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In recent months, Independence Blue Cross has steadily eliminated positions - six enrollment quality data analysts, eight enrollment specialists, two enrollment supervisors - 54 jobs in all, according to internal documents. The Philadelphia-based health insurer says the reductions have nothing to do with its proposed merger with Highmark Inc., of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A hearing on Blues merger gets arcane]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmtpi/is_200807/ai_n27955103]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[It was almost as if economists had donned armor, grabbed lances, and charged into battle over the proposed merger of Independence Blue Cross and Highmark Inc. The economists were jousting during recent statewide hearings over the issue of competition, with each side sending its best hired brains into the fray....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Insurance deal draws support]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmtpi/is_200807/ai_n27935975]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Two insurance brokers, and a union leader and an office-furniture dealer came to the same conclusion but from different points of view. In today's business climate, it's either grow or die. That's why, at a public hearing yesterday, they urged Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Joel Ario to approve a consolidation between...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Insurers pressed on competition at merger hearing]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[HARRISBURG - When it comes to their proposed merger to create the state's largest insurer, executives at Independence Blue Cross and Highmark Inc. insist they won't play hardball when it comes to negotiating with doctors and hospitals over payments for their services, despite their market clout. But the head of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Pa. insurer-merger hearings focus on competition]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[PITTSBURGH - When Carrie Schuck's father died 11 years ago, Schuck, now a 21-year-old college senior, couldn't find anyone who could relate to a 10-year-old's sense of loss and instability. "Even my teachers didn't understand," she said, her voice shaking, describing the isolation she felt when her classmates made cards...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Benefits firms worry about 2 insurers&#39; merger]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like all merging companies, health insurers Highmark Inc. and Independence Blue Cross talk a lot about synergy - combining elements of their businesses to create a stronger whole. And that's what worries businessman Harry Kovar. Kovar says he thinks the proposed merger, which would create Pennsylvania's largest health insurer, might...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Blue Cross, Highmark paying agency&#39;s advisers]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A hearing on the proposed Independence Blue Cross and Highmark Inc. merger took an unexpected twist in Harrisburg yesterday. Instead of focusing on the merger, which would create the largest health insurer in the state, it was all about how much the Insurance Department's consultants were being paid - and,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Independence Blue Cross, Jefferson Health System Reach Agreement on New Three-Year Contracts]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m4PRN/is_2008_May_8/ai_n25401729]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA, May 8  /PRNewswire/ -- The region's leading health insurer, Independence Blue Cross IBC, and the area's largest health care system, the Jefferson Health System JHS, announced today that they have reached agreement on new three-year contracts.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Insurance Department Will Hold Public Hearings on Proposed Consolidation of Highmark, Independence Blue Cross]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5554/is_200712/ai_n21919431]]></link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Top salaries key to approval of Blues merger]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmtpi/is_200712/ai_n21133986]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The question from the Pennsylvania deputy insurance commissioner could not have been more detailed. The official, Stephen J. Johnson, demanded that the top executives of the state&#0039;s two largest Blue Cross plans disclose every last nuance about their future pay as Independence Blue Cross and Highmark Inc. pursue a merger....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Dec 2007 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Senators eye savings from Blues merger]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmtpi/is_200710/ai_n21070406]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[If Independence Blue Cross and Highmark Inc. want their proposed merger to go through, they had better make sure that Pennsylvania lawmakers get a say in how the two nonprofit organizations spend any savings from the deal.That was the message delivered clearly yesterday to Kenneth R. Melani and Joseph A....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Healthways, Independence Blue Cross Sign Agreement to Bring SilverSneakers® Fitness Program to Medicare Members]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Healthways, Inc. (NASDAQ: HWAY) and Independence Blue Cross IBC today announced a three-year agreement to provide Healthways' SilverSneakers([R])Fitness Program, the nation's leading exercise program designed exclusively for Medicare beneficiaries, to Independence Blue Cross Medicare Advantage members in Pennsylvania.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Governor Rendell Appoints Dr. Richard Snyder of Independence Blue Cross to Chronic Care Commission]]></title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Pegasystems Selected by Independence Blue Cross to Help Optimize Sales and Claims Processes]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[New software platform to improve marketing outreach and increase service excellence]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[UPDATE: United Way and Independence Blue Cross Announce 'Partners in Caring']]></title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[United Way and Independence Blue Cross Announce 'Partners in Caring']]></title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A mixed bag: brokers try to sort out the possible effects of a proposed merger between Highmark and Independence in Pennsylvania.(Health/Employee Benefits: Highmark/Independence Merger)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6493/is_200707/ai_n25834588]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The proposed merger of Highmark Inc. and Independence Blue Cross  has brokers on both sides of the fence as they consider how combining  Pennsylvania's two largest health plans would affect them and  consumers.    Some brokers believe a union would result in administrative  efficiencies...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jul 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[U.S. agencies OK merger of insurers]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice&#0039;s antitrust division have put their seals of approval on the proposed merger of Independence Blue Cross and Highmark Inc."This is a really positive sign that they did not find any antitrust or any competitive issues," said Independence Blue Cross spokeswoman Elizabeth...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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