Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas will be closed
Monday, Sept. 5, for Labor Day.
News from the Blues
Please note: To better reflect our health plan offerings,
“Retail” markets
are now referred to as “Individual & Family” markets.
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Hot Topics: Individual & Family Markets
News from the Blues
Prepare for Open Enrollment: This week, we begin delivering Hot Topics for the individual ACA market. Expect product information, enrollment tips, regulatory updates and other critical and time-sensitive news to help you get ready for the hottest time of the year.
News from the Blues
News from the Blues
2023 Marketplace Registration Live for New and Returning Producers
What’s new: Plan Year 2023 Marketplace registration and training is now available.
Get started: Producers must register annually with the Marketplace prior to helping clients enroll in or renew Marketplace policies. If you completed Marketplace registration for plan year 2022, read through your next steps. If you didn’t register with the Marketplace for plan year 2022, you’re considered “new” and should see this overview.
Reminder: No need to send us your registration and training certificates. We’ll check your registration status against the registration completion list.
Get Ready for ACA Open Enrollment: Training Events
Live and in person. We’re excited to announce that we’re hitting the road and coming to a city near you to help you prepare for the upcoming enrollment season. Hear the latest on ACA medical and dental plans, supplemental products, network updates, prescription and pharmacy benefits and more.
Vision Network Updates: New Provider Network for Groups with 500+ Lives
Applies to large groups What’s new? We now offer the EyeMed® Insight provider network to Texas groups with 500-plus eligible lives. Beginning in September, newly quoted business with Jan. 1, 2023, effective dates or later will lead with the Insight network. This change (from the Select network) means the addition of network vision care providers in rural Texas will offer members more options.
Provider Finder® Menu: Starting Sept. 9, members using our online vision Provider Finder at eyemedvisioncare.com/bcbstxvis will see a dropdown menu asking which network they would like to search—the Select network or the Insight network. Instructions on the site will help members determine to which network they have access.
Questions: For more information, please contact your Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas (BCBSTX) representative.
EyeMed Vision Care, LLC, an independent company, provides customer service and network administration services for BCBSTX. BCBSTX has contracted with First American Administrators (FAA), an independent company, to provide claims administration. The relationship between BCBSTX, FAA, and EyeMed is that of independent contractors.
News from the Blues
News from the Blues
Medicare
News from the Blues
Use the New ‘Seamless Blue’ Toolkit to Sell Medicare
With millions of Americans turning 65 each year, we want to give you the tools and materials to help retiring Blue members choose the right BCBSTX Medicare plan.
Why It Matters The Seamless Blue Toolkit includes basic information on the four parts of Medicare, and how it works. There are also:
Fliers for your clients that direct them to Help Me Choose, a website providing current Blue members with plan recommendations based on their claim history, prescription drug usage and providers. Members can add their agent’s name when enrolling in a plan.
Templated materials (currently on the Producer Supply Portal) created to help personalize and promote Medicare products.
Information on the BCBSTX and AHIP certification training, along with a link to the certification website and FAQs.
This Toolkit is a handy resource for accessing all the information you’ll need to sell Blue Medicare.
News from the Blues
News from the Blues
You’re Invited: Learn to Maximize Your Medicare Business
Join us for in-person or virtual training to learn how to maximize your BCBSTX Medicare business. During training, you’ll learn about:
2023 Medicare Advantage Prescription Drug (MAPD) benefits
Strengthen Your Medicare Sales Skills at Boot Camp Grow your business: These 30-minute sessions focus on one key topic. You’ll learn about Medicare, selling products, marketing materials and resources to help you help your clients.
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