Highmark Inc

Type: Company

Name: Highmark Inc

First reported 3 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 1 reports

Lifewatch AG entangles Blues insurers in lawsuit over heart-monitoring services

Of all the antitrust complaints being dealt Highmark Inc.'s way, the most interesting might be the one filed by a Swiss telemedicine company that happens to be led at the board level, as of this week, by Highmark's former CEO. LifeWatch AG has sued the ... [Published Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - 3 hours ago]

Entities: LifeWatch AG, Highmark Inc, Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, Entanglement

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 1 reports

Charges don't matter — until they do

What a hospital charges for providing a particular service doesn’t matter until it does. Which might be pretty soon if you have health care coverage through Highmark Inc.Let’s unpack for a moment.UPMC’s contract with Highmark expires Dec. 31, 2014. That ... [Published Pittsburgh Business Times - May 24 2013]

Entities: Highmark Inc, Health Care

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Accreditation withheld for new St. Clair clinic

Highmark Inc. has taken the unusual step of withholding accreditation for a St. Clair Hospital outpatient center in Peters Township, throwing a wet blanket on the hospital's newest center weeks before it opens and ratcheting up tension in contract talks ... [Published Pittsburgh Business Times - May 23 2013]

Entities: Highmark Inc, Ratchet, Magnetic Resonance Imaging

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Business Calendar 5-22-13

Opportunity FairMAY 23—Highmark Inc. will host the Wexford Medical Mall Opportunity Fair from 2-4 p.m. at 120 Fifth Ave., Downtown. Prime Contractors will be on site to answer specific questions related to diverse partnership opportunities. Registration ... [Published New Pittsburgh Courier - May 23 2013]

Entities: Highmark Inc

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Highmark working out how to keep care at local hospitals

On Monday, as he's done 1,500 times before, neurosurgeon Michael Horowitz treated an intracranial aneurysm -- threading a wire through a femoral artery, north through the patient's trunk and neck, then into the brain, stopping at the arterial bulge and ... [Published Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - May 23 2013]

Entities: Highmark Inc, Michael Horowitz, Neurosurgery, Pedro Aguilar

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

ISE department honors 11 students, a professor and an alumnus

J. Robert Baum ’64, a much-honored professor of entrepreneurship at the University of Maryland, received the 2013 Distinguished Alumni Award for achievements in industry from the department of industrial and systems engineering at its recent annual b ... [Published Lehigh University - May 21 2013]

Entities: Systems Engineering, Ralph E. Gomory, Robert Baum, Entrepreneurship

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

UPMC Hamot sees uncompensated care jump to $49 million

UPMC Hamot expects to provide $49 million in uncompensated care in fiscal 2013, an increase of about $13 million from the previous year and a record amount for the Erie hospital.The anticipated increase prompted Hamot officials to impose a hiring freeze ... [Published Individual.com - May 21 2013]

Entities: Highmark Inc, Patient, David Bruce

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 11 2013 - 2 reports

Nuns to get $10 million from Saint Vincent merger

New Erie County court documents reveal Highmark Inc. will pay the Sisters of St. Joseph of Northwestern Pennsylvania $10 million to sever its ties with Saint Vincent Health System.The documents were filed this week with the county Orphans' Court as part ... [Published Individual.com - May 11 2013]

Entities: Highmark Inc, Sisters of St. Joseph, Mergers & Acquisitions

First reported May 04 2013 - Updated May 05 2013 - 2 reports

Pat Howard: Saint Vincent could go it alone no longer against Hamot, UPMC

Only the approval of Erie County Court and the state Attorney General's Office remain for Saint Vincent Health System to be absorbed into a new regional health-care network.The deal will put the Sisters of St. Joseph of Northwestern Pennsylvania out of ... [Published Erie Times-News - May 05 2013]

Entities: Highmark Inc, Pat Howard, Pittsburgh, Hamot Medical Center, Sisters of St. Joseph

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 29 2013 - 3 reports

UPDATE 1-Highmark closes $604 mln buyout of West Penn bondholders

Insurer Highmark Inc on Monday completed a $604.2 million bondholder buyout of troubled West Penn Allegheny Health System at 87.5 cents on the dollar. ... [Published XE - Apr 29 2013]

Entities: Buyout, Highmark Inc

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 29 2013 - 2 reports

Highmark, West Penn Get State Approval on Merger

Credit Deanna Garcia / 90.5 WESAHighmark Inc. now has the state's approval to merge with the West Penn Allegheny Health System.The deal to merge Highmark and the West Penn Allegheny Health System has cleared another hurdle, but with a few warnings.The ... [Published 90.5 WESA - Apr 29 2013]

Entities: Highmark Inc, Mergers & Acquisitions, Service Employees International Union, Michael Considine

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 29 2013 - 2 reports

Foundation official: OK Highmark plan for WPAHS [The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review]

"Financially stout Highmark Inc., the nation's ninth-largest health insurance company-- with $6 billion in cash-like liquid assets among its whopping $11 billion in total assets-- proposes to buy and rescue the debt-laden West Penn Allegheny Health System," ... [Published Insurance News Net - Apr 29 2013]

Entities: Highmark Inc, Pittsburgh, Health Insurance

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LifeWatch claims the result of the crazy-quilt of rules "is to deny most Blue Cross subscribers with heart problems the significant benefits of MCOT services, even though Highmark itself acknowledges those benefits."

Lifewatch AG entangles Blues insurers in lawsuit over heart-monitoring services [Published Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - 3 hours ago]

..."We liked the direction that neurosurgery was going at Highmark," he said. "We're going to be able focus more on patient care ... I've been nothing but impressed."

Highmark working out how to keep care at local hospitals [Published Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - May 23 2013]

"We have received feedback from consumers and, by a two-to-one margin, they want Hamot in their network of providers" Fiorenzo said

UPMC Hamot sees uncompensated care jump to $49 million [Published Individual.com - May 21 2013]

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Epilepsy Foundation Elects New Board Of Directors And Chairman [Published Street Insider - May 20 2013]

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Charges don't matter — until they do [Published Pittsburgh Business Times - May 24 2013]
Accreditation withheld for new St. Clair clinic [Published Pittsburgh Business Times - May 23 2013]
Business Calendar 5-22-13 [Published New Pittsburgh Courier - May 23 2013]
Highmark working out how to keep care at local ... [Published Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - May 23 2013]
ISE department honors 11 students, a professor ... [Published Lehigh University - May 21 2013]
UPMC Hamot sees uncompensated care jump to $49 ... [Published Individual.com - May 21 2013]
Epilepsy Foundation Elects New Board Of Directo... [Published Street Insider - May 20 2013]
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Roundup: Insurance regulators fine Highmark $50... [Published Pittsburgh Tribune Review - May 18 2013]
Pennsylvania Insurance Department fines Highmark [Published Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - May 17 2013]
M.A. Alumna Ashley Pasay is Senior Digital Mark... [Published Noodls - May 16 2013]
Finding the ROI in workplace wellness [Published Healthcare Finance News - May 14 2013]
Nuns to get $10 million from Saint Vincent merger [Published Individual.com - May 11 2013]
UPMC errs in rejecting Michigan patients with C... [Published Pittsburgh Tribune Review - May 11 2013]
Nuns to get $10 million from Saint Vincent merger [Published Erie Times-News - May 10 2013]
Health Insurance Purchasers May Drop $4.8M Sett... [Published Mealey - May 10 2013]
Highmark chief keynotes Chamber business luncheon [Published New Pittsburgh Courier - May 08 2013]
Auditor general urges UPMC, Highmark cooperation [Published York Dispatch - May 08 2013]
Judge agrees to nix Highmark settlement offer [Published Pittsburgh Tribune Review - May 08 2013]
Heart catheterization labs reopen at West Penn ... [Published Individual.com - May 08 2013]
Judge OKs nixing of Highmark suit settlement [Published EveningSun.com - May 08 2013]
Heart catheterization labs reopen at West Penn ... [Published Pittsburgh Tribune Review - May 07 2013]
Bloomfield cardiovascular facility opens Tuesday [Published Pittsburgh Business Times - May 07 2013]
Highmark vs. UPMC: The recruitment begins for d... [Published Insurance News Net - May 05 2013]
Pat Howard: Saint Vincent could go it alone no ... [Published Erie Times-News - May 05 2013]
UPMC may want pain relief with Highmark merger’... [Published Pittsburgh Tribune Review - May 04 2013]
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Utz snacks to expand in region, open warehouse ... [Published Pittsburgh Tribune Review - May 02 2013]
EDITORIAL: The Highmark-West Penn deal: Can Pau... [Published Individual.com - May 01 2013]

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Maintaining Uncertainty in the Standard of Revi... [Published Patent Law Blog (Patently-O) - Dec 07 2012] By Jason Rantanen Highmark, Inc. v. Allcare Health Management Systems, Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2012) (Order Denying Rehearing En Banc) Download 11-1219 order Concurring opinion by Judge Dyk, joined by Judge Newman Dissenting opinion by Judge Moore, joined by ...