See below for the latest news from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont.
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This past January Rutland Regional Medical Center was named a Blue Distinction Center for Maternity Care for their steady work to improve maternal health outcomes.
Blue Cross VT is investing in 50 certification scholarships and promoting foundational “Food as Medicine” training to providers statewide.
Dr. Josh Plavin, the Vice President and Chief Medical Officer at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont helped author a peer-reviewed article “Partnering to Improve Pediatric Asthma Quality”, which focuses on the coordination and management of childhood asthma in both hospital and office settings.
At Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont we take a whole-person approach to health, and fundamentally believe that people should have a sense of well-being in both their body and their mind. There are fantastic resources to help families navigate gender affirming care and mental wellness, including our free gender-affirming case management services for our members.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont members can receive reimbursement for the costs of at home COVID-19 tests. Coverage for OTC COVID-19 tests is effective through the end of the Federal state of emergency.
Health care providers now have the ability to track a patient’s social determinants of health through new medical codes championed by a Family Nurse Practitioner and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont.
Blue Cross and BlueShield of Vermont worked with a provider on the implementation of new ICD-10 codes to allow health care providers to better track and address food security issues.
A recently published case study focused on the positive outcomes for Blue Cross members participating in a program to improve treatment options for patients struggling with opioid use for musculoskeletal pain conditions.
Black women under the age of 24 are more likely to experience severe childbirth complications than white women over the age of 35, according to data from the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association.
As part of its ongoing mission to improve the health of America, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont and the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association announced its National Health Equity Strategy to reduce racial disparities.