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Vaccinate the Natural State, a new initiative led by Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield in collaboration with the Arkansas Department of Health, Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care, Arkansas Minority Health Commission, Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce/Associated Industries of Arkansas, Northwest Arkansas Council, UAMS and Walmart, was announced today.
Continue readingAlicia Berkemeyer has been promoted to the position of executive vice president and chief health management officer for Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield.
Continue readingIf you’re ready to say “so long” to 2020 and start 2021 strong, then step up to the Blue & You Fitness Challenge.
Continue readingIf you’re ready to say “so long” to 2020 and start 2021 strong, then step up to the Blue & You Fitness Challenge.
Continue readingJason Treece has been promoted to vice president for strategic account management at Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield.
Continue readingShirl Welch has been promoted to Corporate Compliance Officer for Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield.
Continue readingSarah Wang has been promoted to director of Quality Programs for Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield.
Continue readingMike Carver has been promoted to director of Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield’s Information Systems & Technology Business Solution Center.
Continue readingBrett Trelfa has been named Chief Information Officer at Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield.
Continue readingArkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield has joined the Gravity Project, a national collaborative working to standardize data collection and sharing on social determinants of health in electronic health records.
Continue readingScott Cain, a Springdale native and a large group market representative, has been promoted to the position of strategic account executive for Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield.
Continue readingMelissa Kizilos, M.D., CPXP has joined Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield as corporate medical director for BlueAdvantage National Accounts. In this role, she will serve as a clinical resource and adviser to clients whose health plans cover members throughout the United States.
Continue readingChristy Hockaday, FACHE, a Morrilton native with more than 20 years of experience in healthcare administration in Arkansas and Louisiana, has joined Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield as Vice President of Provider Network Innovation & Strategy.
Continue readingThe Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield board of directors announces the election of Lonnie Robinson, M.D., of Mountain Home, a family medicine physician, according to James V. Kelley, chairman of the board.
Continue readingThe steps have been taken, the wheels have spun, and during one of the most unprecedented spring seasons in modern history, the 2020 Blue & You Fitness Challenge has come to a successful close. Winners of the Challenge were announced today.
Continue readingAs the coronavirus health crisis continues to have an impact on Arkansans, the Blue & You Foundation for a Healthier Arkansas is responding, donating $500,000 in support of immediate needs around food insecurity in the state and opening the “Rapid-Response COVID Relief” grant process to award up to $1.7 million in grants supporting nonprofit organizations that have experienced the consequences of COVID-19.
Continue readingThe current COVID-19 outbreak and the use of social distancing in responding to it have produced an immediate need for Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield and Health Advantage to give fully insured members expanded health insurance benefits to promote greater access to remotely delivered services – including greatly expanded insurance benefits to help them deal with emotional/behavioral issues the outbreak may create or compound.
Continue readingI’m a country doctor at heart. For nearly three decades, it was my great privilege to serve as a family physician to people who live in the communities that make up the largely rural greater Arkadelphia area.
Continue readingThere is an old black-and-white photo in our home of a lovely young woman named Thelma, my wife's aunt. Thelma is smiling, sitting with her fishing pole in a small boat on a small lake, delightedly holding up a freshly caught fish.
Continue readingThe Fitness Challenge asks groups of participants to log their exercise activity and to compete for points and bragging rights. Groups of colleagues, friends or family members can register to compete against other similarly sized groups from throughout the country!
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