Blue Shield of California

Blue Shield of California’s Trio HMO Is Available In More Areas

Blue Shield of California has expanded the service area for the Trio HMO to Kings and Fresno counties. Trio coverage has also been extended to additional ZIP codes in Riverside, San Bernardino, and Tu...

Blue Shield of California Adds MemorialCare Medical Foundation to Trio Providers List in Los Angeles County

MemorialCare Medical Foundation has been added to Blue Shield of California’s growing list of Trio providers in Los Angeles County (Covered California Rating Region 15). This new addition impacts a...

Five Things You Should Know About Anthem Blue Cross Specialty

Anthem Blue Cross makes it easy to manage health and specialty plans with one enrollment, one bill, and one contact ID card. Here are five things to know about Anthem specialty benefits: 1. A dent...

Blue Shield of California Introduces Q4 Rate Action

Blue Shield of California reports a state-wide average rate action for fourth-quarter 2019 of 1.8% for PPO and HMO plans. Rate actions vary by region and network; regional rate actions for PPO plans r...

Blue Shield of California Responds to Earthquakes

Due to the earthquakes and state of emergency declaration in Kern and San Bernardino counties, Blue Shield of California is activating their emergency access to care procedures in those areas. They ar...

Physicians for Healthy Hospitals and KPC Hospitals System Network Contracts With Blue Shield Of California Have Terminated

After months of negotiations, Blue Shield of California and Physicians for Healthy Hospitals, (PHH)/KPC Hospitals System, have not reached mutual agreement on rates and terms for their hospital contra...

Blue Shield of California Invites Members to New and Improved Wellvolution Program

Wellvolution has been redesigned for 2019 to give your clients the tools for obtaining optimal health, whether that means staying fit, preventing disease, or treating existing conditions. Key facts...

Blue Shield of California Sends Recertification Notices in Response to SB-1375

California Senate Bill SB 1375 changes the eligibility definition for small employer health plans and employees and prohibits sole proprietorship or partnership businesses without eligible “common law...

Blue Shield of California Offers Broker Bonuses

It just got easier to earn more selling Blue Shield of California with their Small Business Medical Incentive Program. You can earn $50 per enrolled new member for small business off-exchange plans. E...

Lunch with Blue Shield of California and Riverside Medical Groups on May 15

Join us for an exclusive lunch with leaders from Blue Shield of California, PrimeCare, and Beaver Medical Group. Find out what’s in store for Trio and how their partnership will continue to deliver qu...

Blue Shield of California Issues Q3 Update

Blue Shield of California reports a statewide average rate action of 3.3% for PPOs and 3.8% for HMOs for Q3 2019. To comply with California regulations, Blue Shield updated some of their off-exchange ...