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Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska and YMCAs to Offer Free Community Flu Shot Clinics in October

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska and YMCAs to Offer Free Community Flu Shot Clinics in October

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska (BCBSNE) will host 14 flu vaccination clinics in early October, in collaboration with YMCAs across the state. Clinics will be open to everyone age 6 and up at no cost to them, regardless of health insurance coverage. Vaccines will be administered by Hy-Vee Healthy You mobile clinics. “We are excited to partner with YMCAs and Hy-Vee to offer no-cost flu shots across the state of Nebraska. With the uncertainty and added risks of

By BCBSNE Writers|2023-03-30T11:17:57-05:00September 21st, 2021|Categories: Health and Wellness, News Releases|Tags: BCBSNE, employee wellness, flu, flu clinic, flu vaccine|Comments Off

Caysen’s cancer diagnosis came as a shock just weeks before his baby sister’s arrival

Caysen’s cancer diagnosis came as a shock just weeks before his baby sister’s arrival

Caysen was not even 3 years old when a devastating leukemia diagnosis meant he would end up spending the next year in and out of the hospital for treatment. Before diagnosis In summer 2018, happy and easygoing Caysen was looking forward to becoming a big brother. His parents, Kate and Riley, were just weeks

By BCBSNE Writers|2023-03-15T13:34:14-05:00September 15th, 2021|Categories: Stories, Your Story|Tags: BCBSNE, blue cross and blue shield of nebraska, cancer, leukemia, pediatric cancer|Comments Off

Special Investigations Unit saves approximately $2.5 million in 2020

Special Investigations Unit saves approximately $2.5 million in 2020

Health care fraud, waste and abuse (FWA) is not a victimless crime; it affects individuals and businesses alike. The National Healthcare Anti-Fraud Association (NHCAA) estimates that 3-10% of the money spent on health care is lost to FWA, equating to an estimated $30-$140 billion in losses each year. How FWA occurs Health care FWA can

By BCBSNE Writers|2023-03-30T11:18:58-05:00September 9th, 2021|Categories: Team Blue, Topics|Tags: BCBSNE, blue cross and blue shield of nebraska, fraud, special investigations unit, Team Blue|Comments Off

BCBSNE’s 2021 interns celebrate a successful summer

BCBSNE’s 2021 interns celebrate a successful summer

This year, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska (BCBSNE) virtually welcomed 24 interns to eight departments, including: information services (IS), actuarial, human resources (HR), marketing, communications, analytics, claims and health network services. In addition to performing the roles and responsibilities in their given departments, interns were busy with a full schedule of activities designed

By Mary Kate Phelan|2021-08-25T15:14:32-05:00August 25th, 2021|Categories: Community Engagement, Topics|Tags: BCBSNE, BCBSNE Interns, challenge, DEI, department, intern, team|Comments Off

Take the National Walk at Lunch Day pledge to support Special Olympics Nebraska

Take the National Walk at Lunch Day pledge to support Special Olympics Nebraska

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska (BCBSNE) invites individuals and organizations to stride toward better health and a stronger community during National Walk at Lunch (NW@L) Day on Wednesday, April 28. BCBSNE hosts NW@L Day annually to encourage Nebraskans to focus on their health by pledging to walk for 30 minutes. NW@L Day also

By Cassandra Wade|2021-05-10T15:27:17-05:00April 20th, 2021|Categories: Community Engagement, Team Blue, Topics|Tags: BCBSNE, National Walk at Lunch Day, NW@L Day, Special Olympics Nebraska, walk at lunch|Comments Off

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska holds annual meeting of members, re-elects two board members

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska holds annual meeting of members, re-elects two board members

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska (BCBSNE) held its annual meeting of members on Monday, March 29. During the meeting, two board members were re-elected for three-year terms: Karen B. Aman, vice president, Mid America Computer Corporation and owner of EnSite Inc., Blair. Dan E. Ernst, associate executive director, Nebraska Council of School Administrators,

By Kyleigh Austin|2021-03-31T15:05:41-05:00March 31st, 2021|Categories: News Releases|Tags: BCBSNE, BCBSNE board, board of directors, meeting of members|Comments Off

Your Story: Joanna cares for patients and creates life during pandemic

Your Story: Joanna cares for patients and creates life during pandemic

Joanna is the nursing director of the intensive and progressive care units (ICU/PCU) at Mary Lanning Healthcare in Hastings – one of the areas in Nebraska hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic. She and her team of nurses saw an influx of patients and deaths in 2020. “We wanted to take care of these patients,” Joanna said. “That’s why we are nurses because

By Ally Thomson|2021-09-10T15:25:37-05:00March 25th, 2021|Categories: Topics, Your Story|Tags: BCBSNE, Joanna, maternity care, Your Story|Comments Off

Career coaching program offers one-on-one support for employees

Career coaching program offers one-on-one support for employees

Customized, one-on-one support. That’s what Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska’s (BCBSNE) career coaching program offers employees. BCBSNE’s human resources department launched the program in February of 2020 to provide employees with a new outlet for professional growth opportunities, Rebekka Erks Byrne, organizational development specialist, said. Through the program, employees connect with a coach

By Cassandra Wade|2021-03-09T13:49:18-06:00March 11th, 2021|Categories: Team Blue, Topics|Tags: BCBSNE, BCBSNE employees, career coach, career coaching, employee development|Comments Off

Your Story: Triple the twirls with Sharlet, Sydnea and Savana

Your Story: Triple the twirls with Sharlet, Sydnea and Savana

Every pregnancy is full of surprises, but Amber’s was especially remarkable. The likelihood of identical triplets like Sharlet, Sydnea and Savana being conceived spontaneously (without medical assistance) may well be one in a million. Amber hadn’t been trying to get pregnant, so learning she’d be having multiple babies at her first ultrasound – first

By Ally Thomson|2021-09-10T15:28:00-05:00March 1st, 2021|Categories: Topics, Your Story|Tags: BCBSNE, BCBSNE members, Savana, Sharlet, Sydnea, Your Story|Comments Off

Your Story: Grant lifts with heart

Your Story: Grant lifts with heart

When Grant was just 3 years old, his doctors discovered a murmur that required open heart surgery. “Even if they consider it a small surgery, it’s still very scary, as a parent, to know that your baby is going to be opened up on the table to do something like that to his heart,”

By Ally Thomson|2021-09-10T15:28:48-05:00February 11th, 2021|Categories: Topics, Your Story|Tags: BCBSNE, blue cross and blue shield of nebraska, member stories, Your Story|Comments Off