Anthem Blue Cross and convenience fee: Anthem Blue Cross reconsiders fee for credit card paymentsDavid Lazarus
Cross and Blue Shield Association, of which we are a member/Independent Licensee, administers a program called BlueCard Program, in which we participate, which allows our Insureds to have the reciprocal use of Participating Providers that contract with other Blue Cross and/or Blue Shield Plans....
"Because of the way Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans work, we process each other's claims when they're in states where we operate," a spokesman for Anthem told CNET. "So if you work for Boeing and their plan is Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois, but they have employees in California...
There's no evidence that credit card or medical information was compromised, the insurer said. The impacted plans include Anthem Blue Cross, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia, Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Amerigroup, Caremore, Unicare, Healthlink, ...
No, the credit card company takes on the responsibility right then and there." Here's how it works: Once a patient gets seen by a health provider, the claim gets submitted to the insurance company, which adjudicates it and issues a payment to the hospital or clinic for the insurance port...
Anthem, which operates under the Blue Cross and Blue Shield name, has described the attack as using a "sophisticated" form of malware. Experts say more powerful strains of malicious code are often the work of nation-states, rather than individual hackers. The...
The hack affected a wide array of Anthem brands, including Anthem Blue Cross; Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield; Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia; Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield; Amerigroup; Caremore; Unicare; Healthlink; and DeCare. So, if you have one of these plan, your perso...
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Anthem has 37.5 million subscribers for its health plans, and more than 68 million people are served by its affiliated companies under the brands Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Empire Blue Cross, Amerigroup, Caremore, Unicare, Healthlink and DeCare. The FBI has been notified. Anthem said it...
The Indianapolis-based insurer said credit card information wasn't compromised, and it has yet to find evidence that medical information such as insurance claims and test results was targeted or obtained. Anthem Inc., which recently changed its name from WellPoint, runs Blue Cross Blue Shield pla...