Media Releases

2007 Press Releases

Date Title
12/20/2007 BlueCross Honored for Audit Programs
12/12/2007 BlueCross’ Barnett Honored with Medical Director Award
12/6/2007 BlueCross Wins eHealthcare Leadership Awards
11/26/2007 BlueCross’ Bunting Named to Nursing Association Board
11/21/2007 Volunteer State Health Plan Makes America’s Best Health Plans List
11/13/2007 BlueCross Wins Best Compliance Practice Award
11/8/2007 BlueCross Honors Veterans Nov. 09
11/5/2007 Youth Conference to Tackle Health, Quality of Life Issues
Conference Designed by Students to Address Top-Rated Peer Concerns and Interests
11/1/2007 Area Leaders, Groups to Learn About Crisis Response and Management
Volunteer State Health Plan and ValueOptions to Host Free Community Workshop
10/19/2007 Volunteer State Health Plan Sponsors Diabetes Screening Fair for TennCare Members
Event Helps Kick Off National Diabetes Awareness Month
10/18/2007 BlueCross Appoints Walker to Lead Federal Programs
10/15/2007 BlueCross Study Links Oral and Medical Health
BlueCross Offers High-Risk Customers Free Dental Cleaning
10/10/2007 BlueCross Names Roy Vaughn Director of Communications
10/8/2007 BlueCross MCO Achieves Record Number of TennCare Childhood Checkups
95 Percent Health Screening Rate Helps Protect Tennessee Youth
10/5/2007 BlueCross Wins Award for Outstanding Web Design
9/28/2007 America’s Health Insurance Plans Selects BlueCross to Present at Medical Leadership Forum
9/27/2007 BlueCross CEO Vicky Gregg Receives National Award For Health Care Compliance and Ethics
9/24/2007 BlueCross Resumes Marketing Non-group Medicare Advantage Private Fee-for-Service Plans
8/17/2007 Tennessee Center for Nursing Meets Fundraising Goal for Nursing Scholarship Fund
62 Nursing Graduate Students Start School This Fall
8/1/2007 BlueCross Coaches Members To Better Health
One-On-One Lifestyle Coaches Help Tennesseans Make Better Health Choices
7/31/2007 BlueCross Introduces Online Dental Cost Estimator
7/24/2007 UT Health Science Center, BlueCross Extend Collaboration on Blues Project to Improve Maternal, Delivery, Child Health Outcomes
Phase II to Begin for Enrollment of 700 At-Risk Memphis Mothers
7/11/2007 BlueCross Invests $4.7 Million in the Health of Tennessee Communities
More Than 200 Organizations Benefit from Company’s Charitable Efforts
6/27/2007 BlueCross To Bring New Behavioral Health Organization to TennCare
ValueOptions Partnership Formed for East, West Region Bid Efforts
5/8/2007 Grammy Winner’s Mother Promotes Stroke Awareness
Mary Ida Vandross to Appear on Caring for the Community on WMPZ
4/20/2007 BlueCross Encourages Members to Celebrate Earth Day
Selecting Paperless EOBs Offers BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Members Chance to Win Hybrid Car
4/16/2007 Health Care for Uninsured Explored at Statewide Forum
Health Care Community to Seek Solutions and Share Successes in Serving Tennessee’s Under- and Uninsured
4/12/2007 BlueCross Market Street Mile and Mystery History Quest Returns to Downtown April 21
4/9/2007 John Giblin Named BlueCross Chief Financial Officer
Jim Srite Also Joins BlueCross Management Team
4/5/2007 BlueCross Joins National Workplace Fitness Effort
Tennessee Businesses, Employees Encouraged to Participate in National Walk @ Lunch DaySM on April 18
3/21/2007 BlueCross Tackles Threat of Deep-Vein Thrombosis
Tennessee Blues Plan Is First Managed Care Organization To Directly Engage in Quality Improvement Program for DVT
3/14/2007 Tennessee Blues Plan Selects Traverse for Federal Advocate Role
2/20/2007 BlueCross Reaches Record Growth in Dental Sales
2/17/2007 BlueCross Awarded AccessTN Contract
Company to Participate in Funding and Administration of Program for Uninsurables
2/5/2007 Tennessee Holds on to No. 1 Ranking for Prescription Drug Use
BlueCross Report Examines State’s High Prescription Drug Use Status and Resulting Health Consequences
1/22/2007 BlueCross Health Foundation Donates $750,000 to Support Governor’s Nurse Loan Forgiveness Program
Matching Grant Kicks Off $1.4 Million Fundraising Campaign to Address Nursing Faculty Shortage
1/19/2007 State Awards CoverKids Program to BlueCross
Company to Help Insure Thousands of Tennessee Children

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