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The rising cost of health care is medical costs," says Sherry Cladouhos, chief executive officer and president of Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Montana, the state's largest private health insurer.
...Insurers and health plan administrators say they're simply the middleman in... Welsh, head of the state Health Care and Benefits Division, says the state spends only 5 percent of ... Health Services, EBMS of Billings and Allegiance Benefit Plan Management of Missoula. Dirk Visser, ...
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... with a wide variety of employers, from Allegiance Benefit Plan Management to Zumiez. The fair is bei...
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Other big executive paychecks last year include $21 million for Cigna Corp. CEO Edward Hanway, $19.8 million for Aetna Inc. head Ronald Williams and $5.8 million for Michael McAllister, the CEO at Humana Inc. Publicly owned, companies must report salary information to the Securities and Exchange Commission. In Montana, salary information at Blue Cross and New West is public because both firms are nonprofit health service corporations, which must file financial information with the state auditor's office.
...Allegiance Life and Health insurance Co. of Missoula entered ...It's affiliated with Allegiance Benefit Plan Management, which has been administering self...
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The rising cost of health care is medical costs," says Sherry Clacloullos, chief executive officer and president of Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Montana, the state's largest private health insurer.
...Insurers and health-plan administrators say they're simply the middleman in... Welsh, head of the state Health Care and Benefits Division, says the state spends only 5 percent of ... Health Services, EBMS of Billings and Allegiance Benefit Plan Management of Missoula. Dirk Visser, ...
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Blue Cross came under fire two years ago during the reign of Chief Executive Officer Peter Babin, who was criticized for a lavish salary-and-benefits package worth $1.4 million a year and an aggressive approach to increase revenue that resembled that of a for-profit company Babin resigned under pressure from the board in 2005. Overhead is any expense beyond direct payment of medical claims, such as advertising, marketing, sales commissions, salaries, computer technology, other equipment and "cost-containment" services, such as case management of individuals' expensive health problems or chronic disease.
... an increased emphasis on "wellness" plans and reducing administrative costs. By most industr... accounts to competitors, including Allegiance Benefit Plan Management, a Missoula-based healthpl...
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John Morrison, the state insurance commissioner, says he thinks Blue Cross "generally contributes to keeping rates down," because they have the market power to negotiate contracts with providers on price. Blue Cross income and expenses for 2006 2006 income* Net premium income ... $480 million Third-party administration income ... $429 million Net investment income/gains ... $9 million TOTAL ... $618 million 2006 expenditures Claims Medical claim payments to hospitals ... $303.5 million Medical claim payments to physicians, other providers ... $46 million Prescription drug claims ... $61 million Subtotal ... $410.5 million Administration/claims adjustment expense Salaries/wages benefits ... $46.5 million Sales commissions ... $15 million Outsourced services to manage claims cost ... $9....
... an increased emphasis on "wellness" plans and reducing administrative costs. By most industr... accounts to competitors, including Allegiance Benefit Plan Management, Missoula-based health-pla...
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Other big health-insurer executive paydays last year include $21 million for Cigna Corp. CEO Edward Hanway, $19.8 million for Aetna Inc. head Ronald Williams and $5.8 million for Michael McAllister, the CEO at Humana Inc. Publicly-owned companies must report salary information to the Securities and Exchange Commission. Executive Vice President and General Counsel Terry Cosgrove, $357,900; Vice President Michael Wagner, $246,000; Senior Vice President Randal Kline, $236;300; Vice President for Finance Wayne Knutson, $235,700; Vice President/Actuarial Kirk Smith: $228,200; Vice President for Health Affairs Mark Burzynski, $218,300; Vice President for Strategic Planning Jane DeLong, $205,700.
...Allegiance Life and Health Insurance Co. of Missoula just ent...It's affiliated with Allegiance Benefit Plan Management, which has been administering self...
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...The following is a list of employers planning to attend the 2007 Missoula Job Fair, According to...* Montana Labor/Management Alliance . * Federal Technicians of the Montana Gu...* Allegiance Benefit Plan Management . * University of Montana ...
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