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Author: Jakob Emerson

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas and Fredericksburg-based Hill Country Memorial Hospital reached a contract agreement June 16 to keep the hospital in network and avoid disruptions in service, according to the Fredericksburg Standard-Radio Post.

COVID-19 was the eighth-highest condition for stop-loss claims reimbursement, and there was a 354 percent increase in the total number of claims compared to 2020, according to a report published June 21 by Sun Life.

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The Texas Supreme Court ruled 5-4 on June 17 that Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas cannot receive a $3 million tax refund from its stop-loss policies that reimburse self-insured employers because they are a form of health insurance, according…

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