The
BCBS IM Symposium is really a unique venue, and having worked at a major plan for many years, it is among my personal favorites.
Chris Puype, managing director, Asia Pacific, Wolters Kluwer Finance, Risk & Reporting added, In our interactions with Thai banks, we see increasing queries on the standards of
BCBS 239 and IFRS 9.
Genpact and NASCO will collect data about current
BCBS business processes, analyze that data, and then develop organizational operations models that allow use of proven digital technologies such as rapid automation (RA).
Al Suwaidi said that the
BCBS assessment framework suggests that local regulators are entrusted with the task to set up their own methodology for the process of identifying which banks to be considered as D-SIBs.
BCBS also has a program that offers some discounts for small employer groups when dental and/or prescription drugs coverage is added to their benefit plan, recognizing that total body coverage helps employers manage healthier workforces.
Brembo, an Italy-based company that produces automotive brake systems, especially for high- performance cars and motorcycles, has acquired the other half of its
BCBS joint-venture, which was in operation with Daimler AG (Daimler) (NYSE: DAI) (FWB: DAI).
Health plans, according to the BlueCross BlueShield (
BCBS) Association, have the best sources of healthcare data and communications tools and therefore the best chance for implementing a widespread EHR system by the President's 2014 target date, says Mary Nell Lehnhard,
BCBS senior vice president of policy and representation.
How you get consensus on that becomes the real issue, and it's very difficult," said William Jews, CEO of CareFirst
BCBS.
BCBS organizations were not subject to Federal income tax until 1987.
A single system connecting
BCBS Plans across the country, NASCO is currently used to process healthcare claims for more than 1,500 accounts.
In the short term, HIPAA is having a counterintuitive effect--we expect to experience a 21% increase in paper claims as a result of the legislation," says Deanna Quinn, manager of creative business solutions with
BCBS of Tennessee.
