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The Horizon Foundation For New Jersey Honored With The Newark Museum Medal For Meritorious Service ›
The Newark Museum has awarded its highest honor – the Medal for Meritorious Service – to The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey. The award, in recognition of The Foundation’s support and commitment to the local and state arts communities, was presented earlier this month at the museum’s annual gala to Robert A. Marino, Chairman of the Board of Directors of The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey and Chairman and CEO of Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey.
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Florida Blue Sales Center Recognized As One Of The Top 10 For Its Size In The United States And Canada ›
Florida Blue's BlueDirect Sales Center (BDSC) has been ranked among the top 10 for medium-sized call centers in all industries in North America (101-250 agents) for quality and effectiveness of customer service. This is the third year in a row that Florida Blue has won distinction from BenchmarkPortal, the leader in call center benchmarking.
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Workplace Wellness: Good For Employees, Good For Business May Is National Employee Health And Fitness Month ›
When Brian Rinker, Senior Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer at Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania (BCNEPA), saw the numbers, he was impressed. The local health insurer recently realized more than $1 million in higher employee productivity and lower health care costs through its workplace wellness program, Blue Health Solutions.
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Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Vermont Joined By Governor Shumlin To Announce New Information And Wellness Center ›
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont (BCBSVT) was joined by Governor Peter Shumlin today to announce the opening of the BCBSVT Information and Wellness Center in the Blue Mall in South Burlington. The BCBSVT Information and Wellness Center is an important part of the company’s comprehensive outreach effort to support and assist Vermonters in their transition into Vermont’s new health benefits exchange – Vermont Health Connect, later this year.
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Brooke Nordai Of Capital Bluecross Serves On National Panel To Discuss Successful Value-Based Benefits Roll-Out ›
Brooke Nordai of Capital BlueCross will discuss the company’s success with value-based benefits today during the 2013 TriZetto Healthcare Conference held in California. She is joining representatives from BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee and Lovelace Health Plan on a panel sharing their experiences rolling-out the TriZetto Value-Based Benefits Solution to customers.
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Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Illinois And OSF Healthcare Team To Create Accountable Care Organization To Improve Quality Of Care And Reduce Costs ›
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois (BCBSIL) and OSF HealthCare, a system owned and operated by "The Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis", Peoria, Illinois, announced today their intent to form a new, strategic alliance, an Accountable Care Organization (ACO). By doing so, the two organizations aim to deliver improved patient care while also focusing on the overall cost of health care.
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Expansion Of Farmers Market Programs For Low-Income Minnesotans Increases Access To Fresh, Healthy And Affordable Food ›
Access to fresh, healthy, affordable food just got easier for more low-income Minnesotans, thanks to a collaborative effort by rural and urban farmers markets, the Minnesota Department of Human Services and the Center for Prevention at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota (Blue Cross). More than 50 markets across Minnesota will accept Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards this growing season—almost doubling the number that participated last year— enabling more Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participants to purchase vegetables, fruits and other eligible products directly from their local farmers.
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Wellpoint Named One Of 25 "Best Companies For Multicultural Women" By Working Mother Magazine ›
WellPoint announced today that it has been named one of the 2013 "Best Companies for Multicultural Women" by Working Mother magazine. This honor recognizes WellPoint as one of the 25 U.S. corporations that create and use best practices in hiring, retaining and promoting women of color. This marks the third time WellPoint has received this distinction.
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Capital BlueCross Creative & Design Department Earns Two Major Awards ›
Capital BlueCross constantly strives to bring the highest level of innovation and creativity to its customers. Recently the company learned that this focus on excellence has earned its Creative & Design department two Hermes Creative Awards in international competition.
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Independence Blue Cross's Nurse Coaches Are Just A Phone Call Away ›
Independence Blue Cross (IBC) is introducing a new program that will provide fully insured members the benefit of working with one health coach -- a nurse -- who will be the single point of contact for guidance managing challenging health conditions, answering questions, and addressing concerns, including coordinating care after surgery or a critical illness and helping manage chronic conditions.
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SC BlueCross Achieves URAC National Accreditation ›
BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina announced today that it has been awarded Health Plan 7.1 accreditation from URAC, a Washington, DC-based health care accrediting organization that establishes quality standards for the health care industry. The Health Plan Accreditation program is for organizations seeking a comprehensive review of their operations.
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Arkansas Blue Cross And Blue Shield Hosts Event With Free Admission To The Museum Of Discovery: A Night At The Museum — Pajama Party On June 1 ›
Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield invites members to enjoy free admission to “A Night at the Museum — Pajama Party” at the Museum of Discovery from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 1. If you carry an Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Health Advantage or BlueAdvantage Administrators of Arkansas health plan ID card, you can show it at the door of the museum and enjoy free admission to this family friendly event. If you don’t carry Arkansas Blue Cross insurance, you may stop by ArkansasBlue, located in the Shackleford Crossings shopping center, to pick up free tickets while supplies last.
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HFMA Elects Florida Blue's Jonathan Gavras To Board Of Directors ›
The Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) -- the nation's largest and leading membership organization for healthcare finance professionals -- has elected Jonathan B. Gavras, M.D., to its Board of Directors for the 2013-16 term, effective June 1, 2013.
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Five Arizona Teachers Each Awarded A $5,000 Grant ›
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona recently awarded five Arizona fifth-grade teachers a $5,000 grant for each of their schools to help reduce childhood obesity rates in Arizona. The five grants were awarded based on the winners' exceptional execution of the 2013 Walk On! Challenge.
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Blue Cross Of Northeastern Pennsylvania Announces Lower Rates For Individual Members Nearly 7,000 Members Will Benefit ›
Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania (BCNEPA) has reduced premium rates for nearly 7,000 BlueCare Direct individual members. The premium rate reductions became effective on May 1 and will range from 7 percent to 17 percent.
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Corbin Promotes Five At Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Kansas In Reorganization Focused On Success In The New Marketplace ›
Preparing the state’s largest health insurer for success in the new marketplace is the driving force behind a new organizational structure put in place by Andrew C. Corbin, president/CEO of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas. The changes resulted in the promotion of five employees – three to vice president and two to senior vice president positions – along with new responsibilities for another current leader.
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New Private Exchange For Health Insurance Coming To New Jersey ›
– For New Jersey commercial group employers looking for new solutions for controlling health care costs while providing their employees with more choices and control in selecting an affordable health insurance plan that best meets their individual needs, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey just made life a little easier. Horizon BCBSNJ announced today the creation of Horizon Select, an online private marketplace (also known as a private exchange), that will be available for certain New Jersey employers this July.
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Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Kansas City Shares Results Of Childhood Obesity Research ›
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City (Blue KC) announces its first annual Blue KC Childhood Obesity Report, available online. As Kansas City’s leading health insurer, Blue KC is committed to having a meaningful impact on addressing the childhood obesity epidemic in Kansas City, by increasing visibility to the issue, educating the community on prevention strategies and engaging children and families in healthy lifestyle programs.
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Regence Launches Website To Help Consumers Understand Health Care Reform ›
Health care reform has resulted in some of the largest scale changes to the way health care is delivered and funded since the 1960s, providing unprecedented access, coverage and protections for American consumers. To help people better understand the variety of choices before them, Regence has launched a new website that is designed to help consumers and businesses navigate the new health care landscape.
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Utah Council For Worksite Health Promotion Honors Regence As A Healthy Worksite ›
Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah employees enjoy a healthy worksite, as recognized by the platinum-level award bestowed by the Utah Council for Worksite Health Promotion. This marks the seventh time the company has won this award.
