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Aetna Announces The Completion of $1 Billion Bond Public Offering

Posted By: Aqsa Zahidon: August 15, 2017In: AetnaNo Comments

Aetna has recently declared that it has completed a public offering of $1 billion of 3.875% senior notes due in the year of 2047. The company intends to use the proceeds of the offering to r... Read more

Aetna Declares A Brighter Experience For Entire Members of Aetna Dental Team

Posted By: Aqsa Zahidon: August 14, 2017In: AetnaNo Comments

Aetna today declared important enhancements to the online experience for Aetna’s Dental members with the addition of Brighter’s entire suite of consumer engagement services to it... Read more

Patrick Conway is quitting CMS to supervise BCBS North Carolina

Posted By: Aqsa Zahidon: August 09, 2017In: Blue Cross Blue ShieldNo Comments

Patrick Conway, MD, is quitting the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to become president and CEO of Blue Cross Blue Shield or BCBS North Carolina, the insurer declared today.... Read more

BCBS pulling out of several Georgia counties

Posted By: Aqsa Zahidon: August 08, 2017In: Blue Cross Blue ShieldNo Comments

Blue Cross Blue Shield, the greatest health insurer in Georgia, declares they are pulling out of over half the Georgia counties in the state, involving Muscogee. For more than 7 decades, Blu... Read more

Cigna Signs on as a Corporate Sponsor of Hartford Yard Goats

Posted By: Aqsa Zahidon: August 07, 2017In: CignaNo Comments

Cigna has signed on as a corporate sponsor of the Hartford Yard Goats minor league baseball team for the years of 2017 and 2018 seasons. As part of the sponsorship, Cigna will deploy its Hea... Read more

Commercial business, cost management of Cigna enhances almost 60 percent increase in profit

Posted By: Aqsa Zahidon: August 04, 2017In: CignaNo Comments

Bloomfield, Conn.-based Cigna reported net income of $813 million in the second quarter of fiscal year 2017, depicting a year-over-year 59.4% increase from $510 million in the similar period... Read more

BCBSA Study Seeks Huge Increase in Opioid Use in last 7 Years

Posted By: Aqsa Zahidon: August 02, 2017In: Blue Cross Blue ShieldNo Comments

In accordance with a Blue Cross Blue Shield Association or BCBSA study, Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) members were diagnosed with opioid use disorder at a rate of 493 percent from the time p... Read more

BCBSA Study Seeks Diabetes Rising Fastest Among Members Ages 18 to 34

Posted By: Aqsa Zahidon: August 01, 2017In: Blue Cross Blue ShieldNo Comments

The latest Blue Cross Blue Shield Association or BCBSA study shows that diabetes impact continues to increase and is growing most rapidly among members age 18 through 34. The 4.7% growth in... Read more

U.S. District Judge rules in favor of Cigna in lawsuit submitted by Chicago ASC

Posted By: Aqsa Zahidon: July 11, 2017In: CignaNo Comments

U.S. District Judge Harry D. Leinenweber ruled in favor of Cigna regarding a lawsuit Chicago ASC (Advanced Ambulatory Surgical Center) Inc. filed against the payer for allegedly incorrectly... Read more

Children’s Minnesota again in network with BCBS of Minnesota

Posted By: Aqsa Zahidon: July 10, 2017In: Blue Cross Blue ShieldNo Comments

Minneapolis-based Children’s Minnesota and Eagan-based Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota reached a deal on the day of Friday, saving 66,000 sufferers from paying out-of-network r... Read more