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BCBSTX Connect Team
- March 19, 2019
- In the Texas Community
- Blue Promise
Blue Promise: Small Towns Have Big Health Care Concerns (Part 2)

Texas is home to some of the most advanced health care in the world. Unfortunately, the most rural parts of our state struggle to receive health care services at all. So what's being done about it? In this Blue Promise conversation, Dr. Nancy...
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BCBSTX Connect Team
- March 19, 2019
- In the Texas Community
- Blue Promise
Blue Promise: Small Towns Have Big Health Care Concerns (Part 1)

Of the 254 counties in Texas, more than two-thirds are deemed "rural" by the Texas Department of Agriculture and the Texas Department of State Health Services. There are increasing challenges to accessing health care in these communities...
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BCBSTX Connect Team
- March 19, 2019
- In the Texas Community
- Blue Promise
Blue Promise: Are Insurance Networks Really Necessary?

Health insurance networks come in all shapes and sizes. But are they really necessary? In this Blue Promise conversation, two experts from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas offer their insights to the purpose and value of networks -- Shara McClure...
- 10 Views
BCBSTX Connect Team
- March 12, 2019
- In the Texas Community
- Blue Promise
Blue Promise: Is Price Gouging Legal?

Seeking medical care during emergencies shouldn’t put people at risk for bankruptcy. However, Texans are continuously charged exorbitant prices in the midst of their most vulnerable moments – during an emergency medical situation. In...
- 22 Views
BCBSTX Connect Team
- February 13, 2019
- In the Texas Community
- Blue Promise
Blue Promise: The Purpose of Price Tags

As health care costs continue to rise, Texans are feeling more and more pressure to be savvy spenders. But how is that possible when they can’t see the price tags attached to their health care services? This panel of experts includes two Blue...
- 124 Views
BCBSTX Connect Team
- February 13, 2019
- In the Texas Community
- Blue Promise
Blue Promise: Why are Texans Being Hit with Surprise Medical Bills?

Would you pay $3,000 to treat a cough? Many health care patients already have. Texans continue to face sticker shock like this after receiving surprise medical bills at freestanding emergency rooms. In this episode, BCBSTX's DSVP of Health Care...
- 113 Views
BCBSTX Connect Team
- October 16, 2018
- In the Texas Community
- Blue Promise
Blue Promise: The Cost of Health Care in the US

Why are health care costs in the U.S. so much more expensive than health costs in comparable countries around the world? Dr. McCoy discusses how we can contain these runaway costs with Dr. Paul Hain, BCBSTX North Texas Market President, and co-host...
- 391 Views
BCBSTX Connect Team
- October 5, 2018
- In the Texas Community
- Blue Promise
Blue Promise: How Do Hospitals Make Money? Part 2

Join us for the second part of our discussion about hospital business models and the price you pay for health care. The panel for this segment includes Shara McClure, DSVP of Texas Health Care Delivery, David Cripe, DVP of Network Management, and...
- 381 Views
BCBSTX Connect Team
- October 5, 2018
- In the Texas Community
- Blue Promise
Blue Promise: How Do Hospitals Make Money? Part 1

We all know hospitals provide important medical services in our communities, but do you know how they make their money? Join Dr. McCoy for this Blue Promise discussion to learn more about the price you pay when you access health care at a hospital...
- 380 Views
BCBSTX Connect Team
- September 26, 2018
- In the Texas Community
- Blue Promise
Blue Promise: Upcoding

What are 'upcoding' and ‘bundling’ and how can they affect the price you pay for health care? In this Blue Promise, a panel of experts discusses two leading drivers for the rising cost of health care. This discussion includes...
- 459 Views
BCBSTX Connect Team
- September 11, 2018
- In the Texas Community
- Blue Promise
Blue Promise: Consolidation in Health Care Delivery Part 2

Why do physicians want to join a hospital-based practice and how can we empower them to remain independent? Dr. McCoy talks about the importance of keeping physicians independent with Dr. Vivian Ho, a health economist at Rice University's Baker...
- 453 Views
BCBSTX Connect Team
- September 11, 2018
- In the Texas Community
- Blue Promise
Blue Promise: Consolidation in Health Care Delivery Part 1

Independent and hospital-based physicians all wear the same white coats. How can the average consumer tell the difference and what are the implications for health care costs? This edition features Dr. Vivian Ho, a health economist at Rice University's...
- 450 Views
BCBSTX Connect Team
- September 6, 2018
- In the Texas Community
- Blue Promise
Blue Promise: Curbing Health Care Costs with the Dallas Business Journal

Join us for a special panel discussion, recorded at a Dallas Business Journal event, about ways the health care system can collaborate to reduce costs and improve outcomes. The panel features Marianne Fazen, Ph.D., Executive Director of the DFW Business...
- 524 Views
BCBSTX Connect Team
- August 31, 2018
- In the Texas Community
- Blue Promise
Blue Promise: Health Impacts of Hurricane Harvey

Natural disasters can pose public health problems long after the initial crisis ends. On the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Harvey, we use our data to determine how the storm impacted the health of Southeast Texas. The panel for this discussion...
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BCBSTX Connect Team
- August 14, 2018
- In the Texas Community
- Blue Promise
Blue Promise: Emergency Care Part 3

Laws put in place to protect consumers from high costs associated with freestanding emergency rooms may not be working as intended. Dr. Vivian Ho, a health economist at Rice University's Baker Institute, Dr. Paul Hain, BCBSTX North Texas Market...
- 548 Views