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A Creative Plan for Fighting Cancer -- And Slashing Medical Costs

By Andrew SchneiderDec 4th 2009 – 12:12PM

About 400 physicians are gathered today in Lansing, Mich., to hear an unlikely message: A major health insurance company wants them to test symptom-free patients to determine whether they have or may get cancer. And it will pay the doctors to do it. The plan, conceived by one of the state's top cancer doctors and to be...

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  • 04/27/11 BC BS being sued for 60M Source: The Wilson Post - Lebanon TN A lawsuit against BlueCross/BlueShield of Tennessee, which has slowly churned for almost 10 years, went before a jury Tuesday morning in Lebanon to determine whether BlueCross intentionally breached contract with Phyllis Craighead's healthcare company Kids and Nurses Inc. Jury selection and opening remarks wrapped up Monday afternoon in the trial, which could have damages awarded to Craighead in the amount of $60 million.

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