Former Insurance Commissioner and Gubernatorial candidate John Oxendine is taking on insurance giant Blue Cross Blue Shield in a lawsuit claiming that the company cut payments to doctors but continued charging customers the same higher rate as before. Blue Cross Blue Shield is the state’s largest insurer, covering more than three million Georgians. Things might get messy if/when the case receives class action status, and for BCBS the ship is DRIFTING…
State Farm Arena a box office draw
Downtown Atlanta’s State Farm Arena is quite the box office draw. How big? From October to to March, State Farm brought in $76.2 million across 60 events, making it the third-highest grossing venue in the entire nation, behind only New York’s Madison Square Garden and the Sphere in Las Vegas, and fifth globally. Nearly 600,000 visitors took in performances from superstars ranging from Blake Shelton to Usher, plus Hawks games and events like WWE Raw. State Farm’s status as one of the premier performance venues in the world is RISING…