...Department of Defense, the Veterans Administration, and private sector organizations, such as the AMA, AHA, the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, and the Health Insurance Association of America, are also involved in some technology assessment. 176 In 1978, the Congress attempted to strengthen...

...Health and Human Services; the Secretary of Defense; the Director, Office of Personnel Management; the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association; and the Health Insurance Association of America. Comptroller General of the United States COMPTROLLER GENERAL'S REPORT TO THE CONGRESS LEGISLATION TO...

...12 346 37 719 71 Liver Transplants Centers 26 1 62 1 164 12 308 25 602 36 It is noteworthy that both the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association and the Health Insurance Association of America endorse the concept of designated centers. I am also very much aware that this is a concept that was...

...been supportive of standards to assure that consumers will receive value in long term care products. The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association and the Health Insurance Association of America have worked with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners on a comprehensive model statute...

...National Committee to Review Current Procedures for Approval of New Drugs for Cancer and AIDS, both the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association and the Health Insurance Association of America stated that off-label drug use should no longer be considered ineligible for coverage on the basis...

...the individual market, we obtained summaries compiled by various industry and trade groups, including the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association and the Health Insurance Association of America. We then obtained and reviewed each state's individual insurance reform legislation and, when necessary,...

...prosthetics. These are alphanumeric codes maintained jointly by Healthcare Financial Management Association, the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, and the Health Insurance Association of America. Level III (local assignments) contains the codes for services needed by individual contractors or state...

...and Members of the committee. I am Mary Lou Martin from Blue Cross of California, representing both Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, and the Health Insurance Association of America. We thank you for the opportunity to testify before the committee on Medigap and other Medicare issues....

...similar network plans, providing care to over 150 million Americans. Blue Cross is also a member of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association and the Health Insurance Association of America. HIAA and BCBSA strongly support consumer protections in the marketplace, and their members have agreed...

...Review Association, the American Medical Association, the American Medical Peer Review Association, Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, and the Health Insurance Association of America. TIMELY MEDICAL RECORD ENTRIES Medical records not only must be accurate but also must be completed...