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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...
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BCBSTX Connect Team
February 13, 2019
In the Texas Community
Media Gallery
Mable Milliet: The Journey of a Lifelong BCBSTX Member
Mable Milliet, 96, has had BCBSTX health care coverage for 77 consecutive years. A self-proclaimed "life" member, she received her benefits through the Blue Cross Blue Shield Federal Employee Program (FEP). In 2019, BCBSTX is celebrating...
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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...
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BCBSTX Connect Team
January 28, 2019
In the Texas Community
Media Gallery
Dr. Vivian Ho Honored With Patient Protection Award
The new award is given to people with the same spirit and commitment to their community’s health as Blue Cross’ founding father Justin F. Kimball. Dr. Ho, a nationally-renowned health care researcher and economist, continues that innovative...
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BCBSTX Connect Team
January 28, 2019
In the Texas Community
Media Gallery
Collaborating to Solve the Rural Health Care Crisis In Texas
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas (BCBSTX) and Texas A&M University Health Science Center (TAMHSC) recently announced a new project to support collaborative care and healthy communities. The project will help identify and implement solutions...
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BCBSTX Connect Team
January 28, 2019
In the Texas Community
Media Gallery
Convenient Immunizations for Texas Children, Expectant Mothers and Grandparents
Through mobile community outreach, the Caring Foundation of Texas and its Care Van Program works to further improve barriers to health access for uninsured and medically underserved Texas children and provide other targeted health services to help...
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BCBSTX Connect Team
January 28, 2019
In the Texas Community
Media Gallery
2018 Employee Volunteer of the Year: Adam Quintanilla
Every year we select an employee who best represents our company's commitment to community. In 2018, we chose Adam Quintanilla, a customer service advocate in our Abilene office. Adam has inspired his colleagues through his volunteer work with...
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BCBSTX Connect Team
January 11, 2019
In the Texas Community
Media Gallery
Opioid Epidemic
It’s time for all of us to work together to find common-sense solutions that help stem the tide of the opioid epidemic. Listen to the message above from BCBSTX President Dr. Dan McCoy to learn more about the opioid crisis in Texas. For more...
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BCBSTX Connect Team
January 11, 2019
In the Texas Community
Media Gallery
Prudent Layperson
Most Texans know that the emergency room isn’t the right place to go for head lice, an ingrown toenail or other minor mishaps. But what about those trickier situations when you’re having trouble breathing or think you might have a broken...
117 Views
BCBSTX Connect Team
October 23, 2018
In the Texas Community
Media Gallery
Pass-Through Billing
Something called “pass-through billing” is driving up the cost of your health care. Learn about what it is and how you can help. Listen to the important message above from BCBSTX President Dr. Dan McCoy to learn about something called...
306 Views
BCBSTX Connect Team
October 23, 2018
In the Texas Community
Media Gallery
Natural Disasters
Natural disasters can destroy our economy… and wreak havoc on the health of our communities. Listen to the message above from BCBSTX President Dr. Dan McCoy about health trends we saw in our data after Hurricane Harvey hit Southeast Texas...
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BCBSTX Connect Team
October 23, 2018
In the Texas Community
Media Gallery
Hospital Consolidation
Health care systems continue to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on things like expansions, joint ventures or clinical affiliations. Unfortunately, much of this growth is funded on the backs of Texas businesses – the businesses that pay...
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BCBSTX Connect Team
October 23, 2018
In the Texas Community
Media Gallery
Freestanding Emergency Rooms
It can be hard to tell the difference between a freestanding emergency room and an urgent care center, but choosing the right place to receive health care can save you money. We want to help you make smarter choices on where you receive health care...
241 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...
321 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...
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