Starting January 1, 2023, Blue Shield of California will be offering a Prescription Savings Program to Commercial plan members with outpatient prescription drug benefits through Blue Shield. This SMS ...
Expanding networks in San Diego County
Blue Shield is excited to share that UC San Diego (UCSD) Health will join the Trio HMO and Local Access+ HMO networks for San Diego County effective January 1...
On October 24, 2022, Blue Shield of California issued a press release outlining their partnership with Aspire Health. In the release, Blue Shield states their partnership will create a new health main...
Rate Update
Blue Shield is pleased to announce the Q1 2023 rates are now available. The first-quarter 2023 rate action is a statewide average of 2.1%.
Medical plan updates
This year there are...
Blue Shield of California Trio HMO is now available in 19 additional Monterey County zip codes thanks to Blue Shield's new ACO partnership with Aspire Health. The expansion takes effect January 1, 202...
Blue Shield's annual Roadshow is back!
Join Blue Shield for an online preview of our 2023 small business portfolio which offers your clients dependable, affordable, and quality coverage and benefi...
Reduced dental rates make bundling specialty with medical coverage a win-win
You can help groups stay competitive – and save – by adding specialty coverage to their medical plans.
Beginning Q4, ...
Based on your feedback and Blue Shield's continued effort to improve their technology and your experience, they have some exciting enhancements in the works for their Employer Enrollment Tool.
To i...
Five DPPO plans and five DINO plans (listed here) will be withdrawn from the Blue Shield 1-100 Specialty portfolio beginning January 1, 2023, as part of their product transformation and portfolio simp...
Earlier this month Blue Shield announced their Q4 2022 rate book is available on the dedicated Rates page on Broker Connection. The fourth-quarter 2022 rate action is a statewide average of 2.9% and t...
Fourth quarter rates now available
The Blue Shield Q4 2022 rate action is a statewide average of 2.9%.
Blue Shield strives to keep rate averages consistently low, but because of a variety of fac...
Blue Shield of California is committed to ensuring their members have equitable access to health care services covered under their benefit plans.
Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has overturned Roe ...