{"id":10190,"date":"2018-04-21T08:06:26","date_gmt":"2018-04-21T12:06:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=10190"},"modified":"2018-04-21T08:06:26","modified_gmt":"2018-04-21T12:06:26","slug":"bcbs-parent-company-posts-1-3b-profit-in-2017-4-things-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=10190","title":{"rendered":"BCBS parent company posts $1.3B profit in 2017: 4 things to know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Morgan Haefner for Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review)<\/p>\n<p>Chicago-based Health Care Service Corp., the umbrella company of five Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans, reported a $1.26 billion surplus in 2017, turning around three years of losses and modest growth,\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagobusiness.com\/article\/20180419\/NEWS03\/180419810\/health-care-service-corp-profits-rebound-in-2017\">Crain&#8217;s Chicago Business<\/a><\/em>\u00a0reports. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beckershospitalreview.com\/payer-issues\/bcbs-parent-company-posts-1-3b-profit-in-2017-4-things-to-know.html\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/file000453200083-1-700x466.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7999\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/file000453200083-1-700x466-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/file000453200083-1-700x466-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/file000453200083-1-700x466.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre>Notice: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Morgan Haefner for Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review) Chicago-based Health Care Service Corp., the umbrella company of five Blue Cross and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care-redesign"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10190"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10190\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10191,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10190\/revisions\/10191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}