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Insurance Division Approves 14.3 Percent Regence Rate Increase

State regulators scaled back several requests in recent months though insurance rates still skyrocket
January 5, 2011 -- The Oregon Insurance Division has approved a 14.3 percent average rate increase affecting nearly 70,000 people with Regence BlueCross BlueShield individual health insurance renewing after February 1. Read More >>

Alison Goldwater Named Vice President at Regence

December 14, 2010 – Alison Goldwater has been appointed vice president of provider services in Oregon at Regence BlueCross Blue Shield. Read More >>

Oregon Health Insurers Ride Stock Market Gains

Net investment income helps buoy insurance earnings to pre-recession levels
December 1, 2010 – Oregon health insurers continued an aggressive earnings pace through September of this year that saw the state’s top eight companies posting more than $170 million in net income. Read More >>

Washington Orders Regence to Cover Kids

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October 16, 2010 -- Washington's insurance commissioner filed a cease-and-desist order against the Regence Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies in Washington for not selling coverage to children while continuing to sell to adults. Read More >>

High Risk Pool Takes Over Where Regence Left Off

The board administering the program will ask the 2011 Legislature for permission to cover all children regardless of their health status
October 13, 2010 -- Now that Regence BlueCross BlueShield and HealthNet decided they won’t provide insurance to children, the state's high risk pool has sprung into action. Read More >>

Regence Loses Another Top Exec to Providence

October 6, 2010 -- Stephanie Dreyfuss joined Providence this week, replacing Dan Stevens who had been regional director of networks. Read More >>

OSPIRG Urges Regence to Reconsider Kid Policy

But Regence stands by its earlier decision and will not offer new individual policies to children under 19
September 28, 2010 -- OSPIRG, which takes on powerful interests on behalf of Oregonians, has asked Regence BlueCross BlueShield to reconsider its decision last week to stop covering new childrenon individual policies. Read More >>

Hospitals and PhRMA: Get Ready for Cost Cutting

Insurance executives gather in Portland to discuss the implications of federal health reform and find ways to control costs
September 28, 2010 -- No one denies that federal health reform is going to increase costs, but even the top ranking insurance executives in Oregon acknowledge they can’t quantify that number. Read More >>

Kerry Barnett of Regence Named to National Board

September 28, 2010 – Two Oregonians have been named to a prominent national board of governors known as the new Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). Read More >>

Regence Draws White House Ire For Rate Increases

Massive rate hikes by Regence, which is refusing to insure new children, has drawn the attention of national figures
September 23, 2010 -- Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon and its parent company The Regence Group – which controls health plans in Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Utah – are increasingly coming between the crosshairs of White House officials. Read More >>
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