The Jackson, Miss.-based health plan has taken wellness to a new level by making leaders and employees accountable for exercising. Their customers have adopted the model, and the results are dramatic.
New data from the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association’s Health Index shows that millennials’ health is declining faster than prior generations as they age.
An ER doctor teams up with Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island to reduce “adverse drug events” in older patients. The outcomes could lower costs and save lives.
BCBS Tennessee began its Healthy Maternity program to support prenatal care and better the chances of healthy birth. The program matches expectant mothers with prenatal nurses who provide support, guidance and resources.
The majority of Americans know that skin cancer is the most common cancer in the United States. However, only 35 percent say they wear the highest SPF available.
The CDC estimates that nearly 34,000 cancer deaths were attributable to HPV each year during 2011-2015. Of these, 31,200 might have been prevented by the HPV vaccine. New efforts to spread the prevention message are coming from health insurers.