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Opioid Epidemic Fueling Hospitalizations, Hospital Costs

Every day, headlines detail the casualties of the nation’s surge in heroin and prescription painkiller abuse: the funerals, the broken families and the patients cycling in and out of treatment. Now, a new study sheds light on another repercussion — how this public health problem is adding to the nation’s ballooning health care costs and who’s shouldering that burden. Read More...

Endoscope-i: a pocket-sized game changer

The new Endoscope-i, based on iPhone technology, takes images and videos during endoscopy procedures. These can then be shared quickly and easily with other medical professionals at the touch of a button. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/306906.php?utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_content=56cf275c04d3013ee4284070&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=facebook

Anthem Blue Cross Amending Some Physician Contracts to Include Individual/Exchange Product

On October 24, Anthem Blue Cross sent a notice to 8,345 physicians who are part of the Blue Cross Select PPO network announcing its intent to participate in the California Health Benefit Exchange, the state’s new insurance marketplace called for under the Affordable Care Act. Beginning in 2014, individuals and small business will be able to purchase health insurance using tax subsidies and credits from the exchange. According to the notice, Blue Cross will be creating a new provider network called the “Anthem Individual/Exchange Network,” which will serve both individuals who purchase coverage through the exchange and ...