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Excellus opens Resource Center of the Mohawk Valley
NEW HARTFORD, N.Y. — Excellus BlueCross Blue Shield has opened its new Resource Center of the Mohawk Valley, a public-facing office that offers retail sales
Nonprofits can apply for Excellus Health Equity Innovation Awards
DeWITT, N.Y. — Excellus BlueCross BlueShield is accepting applications for its 2024 Health Equity Innovation Awards. The award grants provide funding to community-based organizations to
Excellus opens new Utica regional office
UTICA, N.Y. — Excellus BlueCross BlueShield celebrated the opening of its new Utica regional employee office with a ribbon-cutting event with the Greater Utica Chamber of Commerce on July 31. The new space, located at 301 Wood Park Drive in Clinton, serves the health insurer’s more than 500 regional employees. “During the pandemic, the world
Excellus parent, Capital region health insurer plan affiliation
It’s pending regulatory approval ROCHESTER — The Lifetime Healthcare Companies isn’t sure how long the review process will take, but it has plans to form an affiliation with a health-insurance carrier in the Capital Region. The Lifetime Healthcare Companies — the Rochester–based parent company of Excellus BlueCross BlueShield and Univera Healthcare — and
Excellus parent, Capital Region health-insurance carrier to affiliate
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Two of New York’s larger health-insurance carriers have announced plans to affiliate. The Lifetime Healthcare Companies — the Rochester–based parent company of
Excellus presents $30K health award to Mohawk Valley prenatal and maternal support program
UTICA, N.Y. — Excellus BlueCross BlueShield announced it has presented a $30,000 Health Equity Innovation Award (HEIA) to Mohawk Valley Prenatal and Maternal Support (MVPMS)
People news: Excellus names new director of sales
UTICA, N.Y. — Excellus BlueCross BlueShield announced it has appointed Andrew Dober director of sales at the health insurer, the largest in Central New York.
Excellus posts 2023 net loss of $23M after rise in insurance usage
ROCHESTER — Excellus BlueCross BlueShield reported a net loss of more than $23 million for 2023, which it primarily attributed to a $271 million increase in medical benefits paid last year. Excellus, like other health insurers nationwide, continues to “experience increases in utilization and costs” for health-care services and prescription drugs. “We’re a company that
Excellus reports net loss topping $23 million in 2023
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Excellus BlueCross BlueShield says it ended 2023 with a net loss of $23.2 million. Excellus, Central New York’s largest health insurer, reported the net-loss figure in its annual report filed Friday with the New York State Department of Financial Services. The 2023 net loss compares to the reported net income of $58.9
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