Insurers buy Minneapolis-based Bloom Health

The Star Tribune reports Bloom Health has been purchased by WellPoint Inc. and two Blue Cross Blue Shield nonprofits. Bloom now works with about 50 employers in Minnesota, Michigan and Indiana but aims to be in all 50 states by 2012 now that it has a national network.
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The Star Tribune reports Bloom Health has been purchased by WellPoint Inc. and two Blue Cross Blue Shield nonprofits. Bloom now works with about 50 employers in Minnesota, Michigan and Indiana but aims to be in all 50 states by 2012 now that it has a national network.

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