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Blue Cross And Blue Shield Association Named As One Of America’s Top Organizations For Multicultural Business Opportunities for 2013 ›
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Blue Cross And Blue Shield Companies Give Their Distinctive Mark To Quality, Efficient Hospitals ›
The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) today announced the expansion of Blue Distinction, its national quality designation for specialty care, to include specific designations for quality and quality plus cost-efficient specialty care, and another designation for high-performing Patient Centered Medical Homes (PCMHs) and Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs).
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BCBSA Names Trent Haywood As New Chief Medical Officer ›
The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) today announced that Dr. Trent Haywood, a nationally recognized leader in healthcare quality and value-based payments, will be the new Chief Medical Officer when Allan Korn, MD, retires at year end.
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Blue Cross And Blue Shield Association Statement On Proposed Regulations ›
We welcome the release of the proposed regulations on exchanges, insurance reforms and essential health benefits, which are critical to implementing the healthcare reform law.
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Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association and Partnership for a Healthier America Bring 40 “Play Streets” to 10 Cities to Combat Childhood Obesity ›
The Partnership for a Healthier America (PHA), which works with the private sector and PHA Honorary Chair First Lady Michelle Obama to end the childhood obesity epidemic in America, and the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) today announced the 10 cities which will host Play Streets over the next year: Minneapolis, Minnesota; Savannah, Georgia; Durham, North Carolina; Buffalo, New York; New Orleans, Louisiana; Omaha, Nebraska; York, Pennsylvania; San Francisco, California; Chicago, Illinois; and Caguas, Puerto Rico. Each city will host at least four Play Streets events by closing designated roads to traffic and opening them up to the community as a place to play.
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Blue Cross And Blue Shield Association Launches The Next Generation Of National Doctor & Hospital Finder ›
The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) and Blue Cross and Blue Shield (BCBS) companies are giving their members even more information to help them find doctors and hospitals that are compatible with their personal healthcare needs and budgets by launching a redesigned National Doctor & Hospital Finder. The online tool is now available to BCBS companies nationwide.
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Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association Statement: Affordable Care Act and Medicare Premiums Email ›
We regret that the Blue Cross and Blue Shield names have been falsely connected with a chain email that contains incorrect information regarding the Affordable Care Act and future Medicare premiums. This email was not authored by the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association or any of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield (BCBS) companies and does not represent the position of any BCBS company.
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Blue365 Waives Healthways’ “Fitness Your Way” Enrollment Fee Through October 31st ›
In our fast-paced, always-on-the go world, it’s often difficult to find the time to exercise or a fitness routine that is flexible enough to fit into busy lifestyles. Through its Blue365® program, the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) has teamed up with Healthways, a nationally known health and well-being company, to offer an exclusive deal that helps members of participating Blue Cross and Blue Shield (BCBS) companies enjoy fitness their way through Healthways’ broad network of low-cost gym memberships.
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Blue Cross And Blue Shield Federal Employee Program® (FEP®) Continues to Offer Comprehensive, Affordable Benefits for 2013 ›
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Letter to the Editor: Health Quality and Costs NY Times August 2, 2012 ›
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Blue Cross And Blue Shield Association Joins Federal Partnership ›
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Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association Teams with Partnership for a Healthier America to Create New Play Streets Across America ›
The Partnership for a Healthier America (PHA), which works with the private sector and PHA Honorary Chair First Lady Michelle Obama to end the childhood obesity crisis, today announced that the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) has joined its efforts to help make communities across America healthier. Over the next year, BCBSA will support the creation of 40 new Play Streets – roads closed to traffic and open to the community to encourage physical activity. Play Streets offer a high-impact way to encourage more physical activity, particularly in neighborhoods that lack open space.
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Blue Cross And Blue Shield Companies’ Quality and Payment Innovations Show Improvements in Patient Care and Cost Savings In Communities Nationwide ›
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BCBSA Adds Two National Companies To Blue365® Program ›
Are you feeling stressed from over-work? Have you been thinking of taking up yoga, but find you’re too busy? Or what about those 20 extra pounds you want to lose, but the calories are just too elusive to count?
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Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association Statement on SCOTUS Decision ›
Blue Cross And Blue Shield Association Statement
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Blue Cross And Blue Shield Companies Testify On Capitol Hill About Innovative Programs To Improve Quality And Value ›
On Capitol Hill today, two Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies highlighted innovative collaborations with providers and new payment models which are helping to improve the quality and value of care that patients receive. Representatives of CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield (CareFirst), headquartered in Maryland, and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (BCBSMA) testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance Physician Payment Roundtable on "Medicare Physician Payment Policy: Lessons from the Private Sector."
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Blue Cross And Blue Shield Association Statement ›
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Blue Cross And Blue Shield Patient-Centered Medical Home Programs Are Improving The Practice And Delivery Of Primary Care In Communities Nationwide ›
At a Capitol Hill briefing today, the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) highlighted the innovative collaborations among Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies, local providers and patients to help improve care delivery through patient-centered medical home (PCMH) programs. Today there are Blue Cross and Blue Shield PCMH initiatives in 39 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, serving more than 4 million Blue members.
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Global Network And Mobile App Help Blue Cross And Blue Shield Members Find Doctors And Hospitals All Around The World ›
Blue Cross and Blue Shield (BCBS) companies are committed to ensuring members have the tools and information they need to make more informed healthcare decisions. Now through innovative product offerings from GeoBlue, and its new mobile application, members who are living or working abroad can find carefully selected doctors and hospitals in more than 180 countries. GeoBlue is the trade name of Worldwide Insurance Services, an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association (BCBSA).
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Blue Cross And Blue Shield Association Supports Youth Employment Program ›
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) President and CEO Scott P. Serota issued the following statement in support of the Department of Labor's new youth employment program and the launch of its new Summer Jobs+ Bank, an online tool to connect young people to jobs and other employment opportunities.
