Blue Cross and Blue Shield of South Carolina wins Medicare contract.COLUMBIA, S.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 21, 1996--The Medicare Division of Blue Cross and Blue Shield Blue Shield A US not-for-profit health care insurer that is a reimbursement intermediary for physicians. Cf Blue Cross. of South Carolina South Carolina, state of the SE United States. It is bordered by North Carolina (N), the Atlantic Ocean (SE), and Georgia (SW). Facts and Figures Area, 31,055 sq mi (80,432 sq km). Pop. (2000) 4,012,012, a 15. has won a Medicare contract to process home health and hospice hospice, program of humane and supportive care for the terminally ill and their families; the term also applies to a professional facility that provides care to dying patients who can no longer be cared for at home. claims for Florida, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi. The contract, worth $8 million per year to the South Carolina insurer An individual or company who, through a contractual agreement, undertakes to compensate specified losses, liability, or damages incurred by another individual. An insurer is frequently an insurance company and is also known as an underwriter. , will employ about 150 people based in Clearwater, Fla. Blue Cross takes over for Aetna Life Insurance Co. which plans to leave the government contracting field by the end of the year. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Blue Cross Medicare Vice President Bruce Hughes, the latest contract award makes the company the leading processor of Medicare home health claims in the nation. "This award is part of our strategy for continuous growth in government contracting," Hughes said. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of South Carolina is one of the country's largest contractors for the Federal Medicare program and the Department of Defense health benefits program, TRICARE. CONTACT: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of South Carolina, Columbia Donna Thorne, 803/788-0222, ext. 42437 |
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