State Approves Blue Cross Rate Increase (NBC 10 Providence)

PROVIDENCE — Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island will raise health insurance premiums 20 to 30 percent for people who buy insurance directly from the company.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation Grant Expected To Boost Patient Medical Visits by 300,000 (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

Hundreds of thousands of residents in rural and economically distressed areas of North Carolina will get access to primary medical care, and the uninsured in those areas are expected to receive $50 million worth of medical care, under a joint effort by the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation and the North Carolina Medical Society Foundation .

Blue Cross names new leader for gov’t programs (Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal)

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota has hired Patsy Riley to lead its new government programs division.

The Blue Foundation for a Healthy Florida Elects New Board Members (RedNova)

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Feb. 20 /PRNewswire/ — The Blue Foundation for a Healthy Florida, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida’s (BCBSF) philanthropic affiliate, recently elected four new members and re-elected two members to its 11-member board of directors.

Riley to Lead New Government Programs Division for Blue Cross (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota announced today that it hired Patsy Riley, M.A., as senior vice president of government programs. Riley comes to Blue Cross after spending six years at president and chief executive officer at Stratis Health in Bloomington.