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Reimbursement Initiatives

In today's healthcare environment, you need to meet the needs of an increasingly discriminating patient population while containing administrative costs like never before. Your physicians' time is valuable — and scarce. Reimbursement for services delivered online and over the telephone is a critical issue.

News About Our Reimbursement Programs

11/22/2005 - Premera Blue Cross and Virginia Mason Medical Center Introduce Online-doctor-visit Pilot to Microsoft Employees

10/12/2005 - Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City to Offer, Reimburse Secure RelayHealth Services

04/13/2005 - Fallon Community Health Plan To Reimburse Physicians For RelayHealth webVisits®

08/31/2004 - Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida Offers Coverage for Non-Urgent Care Delivered Online via RelayHealth® Service

05/11/2004 - Group Health Incorporated Signs Agreement To Introduce RelayHealth Service—Enabling Members To Communicate Securely Online With Their Own Physicians

04/06/2004 - BlueCross BlueShield Of Tennessee To Reimburse RelayHealth webVisits®

03/02/2004 - Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield In Colorado Launches RelayHealth Service With Physician Health Partners

10/29/2003 - Blue Shield Of California Expands Online Communication Services Through RelayHealth

03/06/2003 - Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Signs Contract with RelayHealth To Reimburse Physicians for webVisits®

01/15/2003 - Final Results: webVisit® Study Finds RelayHealth Reduces Cost of Care While Satisfying Doctors And Patients

10/24/2002 – RelayHealth Results Are In: webVisit® A Win For Doctors, Patients And Payors

02/12/2002 – Stanford University, Stanford Medical Center, and Seagate Technology Join Pilot Testing RelayHealth Online Doctor-Patient Communication Service

05/09/2001 – Impact of Online Doctor-patient Communication to be Studied by University of California Berkeley Professors

05/08/2001 – Patient webVisit® Debuts; Connecticut Doctors Pilot Win-Win Technology

03/23/2001 – Leading Corporations -- Adobe, Cadence Design Systems, Cisco, NEC Electronics, Oracle -- Participate in Pilot Enabling Employees to Communicate with Their Physicians Online