Latest Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Stories
BCBSM will participate in Customer Experience panel May 30 at Mackinac Policy Conference DETROIT, May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- A 300-square-foot mobile, interactive room created by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan to help its employees "walk in the shoes" of health insurance customers received the 2013 CX Innovation Award from the Customer Experience Professionals Association (CXPA). The CXPA is an international non-profit organization created to guide and enhance the growing...
Marissa Orzame will host Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford at her school DETROIT, May 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Marissa Orzame, a seventh grader at Boulan Park Middle School in Troy, Mich., will be bringing a special guest to school this spring, when Detroit Lions' quarterback Matthew Stafford visits the students for a special school assembly focused on healthy eating and exercise. Marissa overcame strong competition to become the winner of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan's...
Health system and physicians will work together to improve care; Trinity Health and Blues will share savings under value-based reimbursement model DETROIT, April 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Trinity Health-Michigan and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan are implementing a first of its kind reimbursement arrangement that moves hospitals away from traditional fee-for-service payments. The focus of the new reimbursement model is on better hospital-specific efficiency and better population...
Public can vote online until April 26 to select student winner of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan contest DETROIT, April 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Five Michigan students have been selected as finalists for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan's "Make the Play for Healthy Habits" video contest. The winning student's school will receive a special assembly focused on healthy eating and exercise with Matthew Stafford, Detroit Lions quarterback. The winner also will become a guest video...
DETROIT, April 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and the Detroit Tigers will make health, fitness and the fight against childhood obesity the focus of a special Kids Opening Day at Comerica Park on Sunday, April 7. Nearly 200 kids, guided by the Tigers staff, will participate in exercise on the field before the Tigers' game against the New York Yankees. The participants, ages 8-14, and their coaches represent Boys & Girls Clubs, Detroit PAL, YMCA and...
EAST LANSING, Mich., March 26, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBSM) is now a part of Michigan's electronic sharing of health information through the Michigan Health Information Network Shared Services (MiHIN). MiHIN Executive Director Tim Pletcher said, "BCBSM's leadership as the first health plan to become a qualified data sharing organization (QO) demonstrates their commitment to improving the quality of care for their members. BCBSM is...
DETROIT, March 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Department of Justice, State of Michigan and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan today filed a joint motion with the U.S. District Court in Detroit to dismiss an antitrust lawsuit filed against BCBSM over the use of Most Favored Nation clauses in some hospital contracts. The parties have agreed that the injunctive relief sought by the DOJ and State of Michigan is now unnecessary in light of the enactment of state legislation (2013 P.A....
LANSING, Mich., Feb. 26, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The State of Michigan is being recognized by the federal government as national leaders in the effort to enhance the safety and quality of health care by embracing the use of health information technology. The Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health Information Technology commended the Michigan Health Information Network (MiHIN), recognizing that 94 percent of pharmacies in the state of Michigan participate in...
DETROIT, Feb. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan honored 18 women-and minority-owned businesses today as part of its eighth annual Supplier Diversity Achievement Awards program. More than 250 guests attended the event at the Blues' South Lyon conference center, where 12 awards were distributed by BCBSM President and CEO Daniel J. Loepp. Women and minority business enterprises honored during today's event include: Gandol Inc. - 2012 Supplier Diversity...
DETROIT, Jan. 31, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Michigan elementary schools can apply for a program that focuses on children's health through a partnership with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBSM), Wayne State University Center for School Health, Michigan Fitness Foundation and the United Dairy Industry of Michigan. All public and private nonprofit elementary schools in the state are eligible to apply for the program, which is called Building Healthy Communities. Twenty elementary...
