Blue Shield of California

Blue Shield Offers New Tool For EDI Groups To Add To Their Toolbelt

On Friday, June 23, your EDI clients will receive full editing capabilities in the Employer Enrollment Tool.

Blue Shield Virtual Blue Gives Members Access To Top Physicians And 24-Hour Care

Check out this quick video on how virtual care teams work from the Virtual Blue homepage.

Blue Shield of California Resources for Mental Health Awareness Month and beyond

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, a prime opportunity for employers to promote awareness of mental health issues, positive mental health practices, and the availability of wellness resources to em...

Blue Shield of California Small Business Incentive Program, 2023

Earn Producer Rewards points through the Small Business Incentive Program, now through January 2024.

Blue Shield of California Plans for End of COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE)

The federal COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) will officially end next month, on May 11, 2023, impacting coverage for COVID-19 services, as well as eligibility for individuals enrolled in Medi-Ca...

Blue Shield of California Q3 2023 Updates

Blue Shield is pleased to announce the Q3 2023 rate book is now available on the dedicated Rates page of Broker Connection. The third-quarter 2023 rate action is a statewide average of 1.9% Medical...

Blue Shield of California Offers New Behavioral Health Resources: CredibleMind

Mental health services have become an indispensable part of employee benefits packages in recent years. With the increased awareness around mental health during the pandemic, paired with the rise of v...

Blue Shield of California Bulletin on Bank Closures

Blue Shield of California is aware of the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Signature Bank (SB) closures by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and that the FDIC established the Deposit Insu...

Blue Shield of California: The Hybrid Virtual Blue℠ Model Is Much More Than A Telehealth Offering

Blue Shield built their new virtual-first plan Virtual Blue℠ to meet the higher expectations of your clients and their employees during a new era of healthcare delivery. Virtual Blue is redefining vir...

Blue Shield of California Pharmacy Drug Cost Reporting (RxDC): Collecting D1 Premium Data

Last month, brokers and groups received an email communication stating they would be responsible for submitting D1 Premium and Life year data (D1) to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CM...

Blue Shield of California COVID-19 Update: End of the Public Health Emergency

On January 31, 2023, the Biden Administration announced that the federal public health emergency (PHE) will officially end May 11, 2023. Fully-Insured Group Plans and IFP Plans Impacts to fully-...

Blue Shield of California New Virtual Blue Plans

New Virtual BlueSM plan provides high quality, high value virtual care Blue Shield is excited to announce the launch of Virtual BlueSM, their new virtual-first plan. Virtual Blue addresses the heal...