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Business Notes May 12

...Wellness Center was also recently renewed as a "Blue Distinction Center + for Knee and Hip Replacement" by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota.The not-for-profit Joint Commission is the nation's oldest and largest standards-setting and...

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Business
Biz Buzz: The Boulder Tap House to open in former Famous Dave's

...the Garden Gleaning Taskforce of Hennepin County and funded, in part, by the Center for Prevention at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota. The idea is to help gardeners and food shelf operators increase the availability of homegrown produce...

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Business
Blue Cross asks Appeals Court to accept settlement spending plan

...tobacco settlement on anti-smoking programs now rests with the Minnesota Court of Appeals. Attorneys for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota asked a three-judge panel Thursday to allow the Eagan-based insurer to devote the bulk of its $469...

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$20 million anti-tobacco ad campaign to hit airwaves

...the private nonprofit Minnesota Partnership for Action Against Tobacco and health-insurance giant Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota -- are coordinating the efforts. The Health Department is aiming for a 30 percent reduction in tobacco...

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Analyst: HMOs report profit, but not from health care work

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota's HMOs showed a surplus of almost $20 million last year after two years of losing money, according to a survey by a managed care industry analyst.

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News
Another Humphrey moves ahead in politics

...the lengthy court case that ended in a $6.1 billion settlement for the state and $500 million for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota. Buck Humphrey most recently was the state director for Vice President Al Gore's presidential campaign...

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News
Report: Insurers have denied payment to state for mental-health care

ST. PAUL (AP) - Minnesota's health plans have refused to pay for $28.5 million of mental-health and chemical-dependency treatment administered by state agencies, according to a legislative auditor's report.

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Health
Hatch, Blue Cross settle lawsuit

...PAUL (AP) -- Several months after being sued for denying mental-health care treatment for children, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota has agreed to allow an independent panel of experts rule over its treatment decisions. Blue Cross officials...

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News
Hatch hopes other HMOs will settle

ST. PAUL (AP) -- After winning what he called an "unprecedented" settlement with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota for increased mental health coverage, Attorney General Mike Hatch said Tuesday he would call on the state's...

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OTHER OPINIONS The right message

...Attorney General Mike Hatch. Most importantly, though, the state's health insurance settlement with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota should help many children who face emotional, behavioral or mental health problems at some time in their...

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