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Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Assists Local Health Care Disparities Efforts Through $50,000 Grant To Gateway Medical Society

Wed, 19 Oct 2011 13:06:26 -0500

In an effort to support Gateway Medical Society’s goal of enhancing the quality of health services by addressing health care disparities, Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield recently provided the organization with a $50,000 grant, which was used to help fund three of its signature events—the Community Symposium and Provider Symposium events, which took place in May and September, and the 2011 Champions for Gateway Medical Society and Scholarship Gala.

BlueCross Challenges S.C. Companies To Improve Colon Cancer Screening Rates

Tue, 18 Oct 2011 13:10:00 -0500

With studies showing that only half to two-thirds of South Carolinians aged 50 and older get preventive colon cancer screenings, BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina today launched the next stage in a multi-year campaign to raise awareness of this prevalent but preventable disease.

Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Louisiana Announces Management Appointments

Tue, 11 Oct 2011 14:40:00 -0500

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana recently appointed Stephen Brunet manager of Documentation and Metrics in the company’s Business Engineering Unit and Michelle Salim IT Change Manager. It also promoted Thea Christy to manager of Corporate and eCommunications Services in Corporate Communications.

Arkansas Blue Cross And Blue Shield To Open First Health Insurance Store In State

Mon, 10 Oct 2011 14:50:00 -0500

Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield’s first health insurance store, ArkansasBlue, will be open for business at its location in the Shackleford Crossing shopping center in Little Rock on Saturday, October 15.

Blue Cross Brings Back The Shot Face

Mon, 10 Oct 2011 14:45:00 -0500

Roll up your sleeve, limber up your smile muscles and get your shot face ready, because Take Your Best Shot is back. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana is bringing back its popular campaign that encourages Louisianians to get a flu shot.