Affordability

BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina combines research, education and treatment to better engage the community and battle the opioid epidemic

Healthcare fraud schemes come in many forms. Highmark BCBS investigators have developed sophisticated tools to shut them down, saving millions.

BCBSRI is finding new ways to overcome a shortage of children’s mental healthcare providers.

Blue Cross Blue Shield commits $55 million to make medicines available and affordable

Special team at BCBS MN reduces medical costs and hospital readmissions

Capital BlueCross is helping healthcare startups make it to market with the Smart Health Innovation Lab.

Matt All recognizes many of the most meaningful moments in our lives happen within the healthcare system. He says his job is to make sure the health plan he leads delivers the best quality care for the best value, so that members can focus on what matters most in those moments.

Kevin Conlin says Horizon BCBS of New Jersey is using advanced analytics and new provider partnerships to help members get and stay healthier.

Dr. Vincent Nelson, Blue Cross Blue Shield Association vice president of medical affairs, says it’s partly lifestyle. But there’s more to the story.

New services provide real-time drug price information plus a patient’s benefit information to let doctors and patients explore quality, affordable alternatives – which might just lower their out-of-pocket costs.

For Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont members, a dedicated nurse care manager helps patients manage a complex, rare disease.

Harvard researchers found BCBS Massachusetts’ payment reform has consistently slowed growth in medical spending while keeping quality high

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska uses mobile technology to improve member engagement and decrease cost of care

BCBS Michigan leads nation with newly designated physician practices that improve health while saving millions of dollars

Children and youth with mental health challenges sometimes experience difficulty at school. The Blue Cross of Idaho Foundation for Health helps connect schools and families with behavioral health services.

Based on data analysis from Blue Cross Blue Shield Axis®, researchers at Scripps Translational Science Institute (Scripps) found that prescription drug prices on the 49 top-selling brand name drugs have increased by a median of 76% from 2012 to 2017.

Price transparency efforts have aimed to motivate consumers choose less expensive healthcare services. New research shows that’s not enough.

Embedding pharmacists on primary care doctors’ teams can improve health, save money—and even save a life.

Large hospital systems often have more resources to provide an extra level of care for patients but small community hospitals may sometimes have to do more with less. BCBS Massachusetts is working with South Shore Hospital to help the hospital provide quality, affordable care for the entire community.

Prescription drug costs are on the rise and patients are often shocked by the cost of their prescriptions. To help members shop for the most-effective and affordable medications, Regence BCBS offers members a new, easy-to-use service called MedSavvy.

These surgeries can change lives, so finding high quality, cost-effective care is critical. Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies have some answers.

Blue Distinction® Specialty Care is a national designation program recognizing healthcare facilities that demonstrate expertise in delivering quality specialty care — safely, effectively and cost efficiently.

A majority of North Carolina’s largest health care systems have committed to sharing in cost savings – and losses if they fall short – for improving patient health in a broad new value-based care plan. BCBS North Carolina’s bold new strategy to take value-based care statewide.

Many rural communities in Alabama are seeing independent doctors leave for urban markets. Anticipating what this might mean for rural members, BCBS Alabama asked an important question and found an answer.

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