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BCBSNE welcomes 24 new board members across eight employee groups

This month, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska (BCBSNE) welcomed 21 returning and 24 new board members across eight employee groups, which all share a common goal: Creating a space where employees can make an impact in the office and the community.  The employee groups include six employee resource groups (ERG), the Diversity

By |2023-10-30T13:52:12-05:00October 30th, 2023|Categories: Team Blue, Topics|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on BCBSNE welcomes 24 new board members across eight employee groups

Team Blue celebrates its commitment to DEI in a week-long summit

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska (BCBSNE) recently hosted its second annual Belonging at Blue Summit, which celebrates the company’s commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). The week-long event was produced and planned by BCBSNE’s six employee resource groups (ERGs) and featured daily sessions that highlighted each of the ERGs’ missions: Young Professionals

By |2023-08-15T15:23:31-05:00August 15th, 2023|Categories: Articles, Team Blue, Topics|Tags: , , |Comments Off on Team Blue celebrates its commitment to DEI in a week-long summit

See what BCBSNE’s ERGs have been up to this summer

In the months of May, June and July, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska’s (BCBSNE) employee resource groups (ERG) were busy all around the community. LEAP participates in Cinco de Mayo Omaha At the start of summer on May 6, Latinos Empowered to Achieve their Potential (LEAP) participated in Cinco de Mayo Omaha. The

By |2023-08-23T11:12:20-05:00August 3rd, 2023|Categories: Community Engagement, Team Blue, Topics|Tags: , , |Comments Off on See what BCBSNE’s ERGs have been up to this summer

BCBSNE awarded 2022 Plan Excellence Award

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska (BCBSNE) is excited to announce it has earned a 2022 Plan Excellence Award for the Federal Employee Program (FEP) Plan.   The FEP Plan award is given by the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association and recognizes independent Blue Cross and Blue Shield licensees who meet or exceed

By |2023-07-24T14:47:20-05:00July 25th, 2023|Categories: Team Blue, Topics|Tags: , , |Comments Off on BCBSNE awarded 2022 Plan Excellence Award

Darcy Swope takes on Crohn’s and colitis with the help of Team Blue

Crohn's and Colitis Foundation Take Steps Omaha | June 24, 2023 Darcy Swope, a Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation board member, has witnessed first-hand the impact inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) can have on someone’s life.   Her son, Riley, first experienced symptoms in high school but wasn’t officially diagnosed with ulcerative colitis until his freshman

By |2023-06-26T11:03:04-05:00June 26th, 2023|Categories: Team Blue, Topics|Tags: , , |Comments Off on Darcy Swope takes on Crohn’s and colitis with the help of Team Blue

Wise & Well: Justin Rathbone’s mental health journey

Justin Rathbone has been working through his anxiety and depression since he was 16 and found a way to manage the symptoms with medication until the COVID-19 pandemic hit in March of 2020. “It put salt in the wound and made it much more difficult to deal with,” said Rathbone, cloud engineer at Blue Cross

By |2023-05-24T08:46:08-05:00May 22nd, 2023|Categories: Team Blue, Topics|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on Wise & Well: Justin Rathbone’s mental health journey

Wise and Well: Cayla Kelly manages her time to forge a healthy lifestyle

  Cayla Kelly, appeals specialist, spent years developing and fine-tuning her wise and well routine, both through Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska’s (BCBSNE) fitness center and in her free time. She began at BCBSNE as a customer service representative and worked in this role for two years before becoming an appeals specialist, a

By |2023-04-20T11:45:29-05:00April 27th, 2023|Categories: Health and Wellness, Team Blue, Topics|Tags: , , , , |Comments Off on Wise and Well: Cayla Kelly manages her time to forge a healthy lifestyle

BCBSNE’s Heather Mills shares her story for Limb Loss Awareness Month

In honor of Limb Loss Awareness Month, Heather Mills, associate agile project manager at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska (BCBSNE), shared her story on the loss of her foot. Her journey began in 2013 when she went to the doctor with calf pain. “The doctor did a scan of my leg from the

By |2023-04-25T12:45:45-05:00April 25th, 2023|Categories: Articles, Team Blue, Topics|Tags: , , |Comments Off on BCBSNE’s Heather Mills shares her story for Limb Loss Awareness Month

Forbes names BCBSNE to 2023 Best Midsize Employers list

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska (BCBSNE) recently made Forbes’s 2023 Best Midsize Employers list. To create the rankings, Forbes partnered with Statista, a market research firm, to survey approximately 45,000 Americans working at organizations with 1,000 – 5,000 employees based in the U.S. The survey participants were asked if they’d recommend their current

By |2023-03-01T16:20:43-06:00March 2nd, 2023|Categories: Team Blue, Topics|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on Forbes names BCBSNE to 2023 Best Midsize Employers list

Mom, two daughters find home and support at BCBSNE

For Vicki Snyder, Erica Brouhard and Leslie Booker, being a part of Team Blue is a family affair. Snyder, Brouhard and Booker’s mom, started at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska (BCBSNE) as a contractor in 2010 before joining the company full time in 2012. Next came Brouhard, claims examiner at BCBSNE, who joined

By |2023-02-10T08:58:09-06:00February 9th, 2023|Categories: Articles, Team Blue, Topics|Tags: , , |Comments Off on Mom, two daughters find home and support at BCBSNE