Administrative Ethics HCS/335 Health Care Ethics and Social Responsibility June 3, 2013 Anthem Blue Cross is a major health insurance provider with approximately 800,000 customers and has more individual policyholders in California than any other insurance provider in the United States ("Anthem BlueCross BlueShield," 2012). Anthem Blue Cross has informed some of its San Francisco base policyholders that their medications will only be available through mail order. A Consumer Watchdog group
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Leslie Moreland N.Tiede English 1101-505 21 Oct. 2013 The Differences and Similarities of a Graduate’s Potential Paths Throughout junior and senior year in high school, students begin to think about what they want for their future. A good way to gauge what action would be best would be to first explore the possibilities, and then to not only think of the advantages and disadvantages, but to also contemplate the verisimilitude of the different paths coinciding with one another. Two paths a high
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the Rosenburg v. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee Inc. lawsuit was decided. Two doctors, Zachary Rosenburg, M.D. and Dewayne P. Darby, M.D. filed a lawsuit on April 25, 2002 against Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee (BCBST) and the Tennessee Healthcare Network alleging a breach of contract and sought relief under the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act. According to the case file, Doctors Rosenburg and Darby stated that over the period of the contract, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee systematically
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Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida to Florida Blue Dana Coleman December 8, 2013 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida (BCBSFL) is a popular health insurance company in the state of Florida. The insurance company has been around since 1940 and was founded by Drs. Ted Arnold and Leigh Robinson (Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Flordia, Inc., 2013). They realized there was a great need to make health care affordable to people of Florida. Health care is extremely expensive. The industry
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white cross and divided the flag into four sections of rectangle. The top left and bottom right is the blue and the top right and the bottom left is the red, these are the three colors of the flag. In the middle center is the Coat of Arms, it features a shield in the colors of the flag. The three feature of the flag and coat of arms is the white cross, the blue and red colors, and last the coat of arms (shield). The first features of the Dominican Republic flag is the white cross and the blue and
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Health Insurance in the United States Posted Mon, 2010-02-01 18:21 by Anonymous Melissa Thomasson, Miami University This article describes the development of the U.S. health insurance system and its growth in the twentieth century. It examines the roles of important factors including medical technology, hospitals and physicians, and government policy culminating in the development of Medicare and Medicaid. 1900-1920: Sickness Insurance versus Health Insurance Prior to 1920, the state of medical
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independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, WellPoint serves members as the Blue Cross licensee for California; the Blue Cross and Blue Shield licensee for Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Missouri (excluding 30 counties in the Kansas City area), Nevada, New Hampshire, New York (as the Blue Cross Blue Shield licensee in 10 New York City metropolitan and surrounding counties and as the Blue Cross or Blue Cross Blue Shield licensee in selected upstate
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white cross running through the flag. On the top right and bottom left of the flag (divided by the cross) is a slightly bright and de-saturated red. While on the top left and bottom right of the flag, has a dark blue color. The features that of the shield I will be stating and/or explaining in the essay are, the bible in the middle of the shield and the golden cross above it, the colors of the flag in general,
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TRAINERS TO TRAIN STAFF ON THE USE OF MICROSOFT OFFICE PROGRAMS Prepared for Eng. 221 Technical Writing Fundamentals University of Phoenix E Campus By Larry Franklin Student July 19, 2010 REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL COVER LETTER BLUE CROSS/BLUE SHIELD INSURANCE COMPANY Mailing Address: 550 Club Dr. Suite #215 Montgomery, TX 77316 936.582.7120 FAX: 936.582.7130 Monday, July 19, 2010 Dr. Jamilah Abdush-Shaheed, Director Microsoft Corporation 1950 North Stemmons Freeway Dallas
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States can be subdivided into three distinct categories: (1) Blue Cross and Blue Shield, (2) private or commercial insurance companies, and (3) health maintenance organizations” (p. 82). Initially, Blue Cross and Blue Shield were two separate entities. Before merging in the early eighties, Blue Cross provided coverage for hospital services and Blue Shield covered physician services only. The companies under the Blue Cross and Blue Shield umbrella are licensees and operate independently of each other
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