Diabetes Risk and Prevention

If you don’t know someone with diabetes, you probably will soon. The number of diabetics keeps growing along with our waistlines. As of 2007, about 11% of U.S. adults had diabetes. In folks 60 and older, rates were up to 23%. They’ve surely gone up since then, and the age range keeps creeping down as kids get less active and more overweight.
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Celiac Disease

Imagine that you can’t eat any food that contains wheat, barley, rye or gluten. Unless you find or make special gluten-free versions, you can’t eat bread, pasta, cake, cookies or pies. You can’t have a beer. You have to read the list of ingredients on every processed food. Many soups, cereals, puddings, baked beans and flavored yogurts are off-limits.
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Blue Health Assessment^SM

Blue Health Assessment is a quick and easy online health evaluation program. Now when you complete your Blue Health Assessment, you will receive a certificate for a copayment waiver for a routine physical exam or preventive visit with a Preferred provider. Your Blue Health Assessment answers are evaluated to create a unique health action plan. You can also participate in online health programs that can help you reach your health goals.

MyBlue Personal Health Record

MyBlue Personal Health Record is an online personal health record that allows you to store all of your health information in a central location, with the ability to view, update and print your health information to share with your doctor. When possible, the record is automatically updated from claims records.

Online Tools

Understanding and managing your health care benefits can be a challenge. Our online tools put your benefit and health information at your fingertips.

Blue Health Connection

Your resource for around-the-clock information that puts you in control of managing your health decisions when and how you need it.

Jump 4 Health

As part of the Healthy Families program offered through Blue Health Connection, Jump 4 Health offers information to help parents help their children establish healthy lifestyle habits and maintain a healthy weight. For children ages 5 through 17, simply calculate and submit their body mass index (BMI) to determine whether or not they are overweight. If your child meets the criteria to participate, he or she will receive a certificate good for up to 4 free nutritional counseling visits per year. Enroll your child today to learn more.

Walking Works®

WalkingWorks® helps incorporate physical activity into your busy schedule by giving you the tools to measure and record how far you walk each day.

Healthier Feds

Improve your own health — with HealthierFeds. The campaign has four pillars: Physical Activity, Nutrition, Prevention and Healthy Choices. The site also has links to some tools and resources to help you keep your fitness and wellness resolutions.

Nurse Advice Line

Blue Health Connection Nurse Advice Line is your 24/7 trusted source for nurse advice and health information. Nurse Advice Line provides immediate and reliable healthcare advice—anytime, anywhere through:

• E-mail
• Live Chat
• Phone

Video Insights

Video Insights offers a medical library of informative videos that you can download or watch online to get information about various surgical procedures.

Online Symptom Advisor

Answer questions about your health concern and receive a recommendation for the right care. Get started now.

Condition Center

Your resource for in-depth information on heart disease, heart failure, diabetes, asthma, and other chronic conditions. Learn more about Condition Center.

Clinical Reference Systems Advisor Series

Read information and see illustrations on thousands of medical conditions, surgical procedures, and medications. Adult Health, Behavioral Health, Cardiology, Eye, Medication, Pediatric, Senior Health, Sports Medicine, and Women's Health are just some of the topics covered in-depth.

FEP Local Care Management Programs

Specific disease management programs for chronic conditions that require on going direct contact with a specialized nurse. Check with your Local Plan's service area to see if you may qualify for these programs and how to enroll. Find a list of the programs available and the contact telephone numbers or read more about this program.

FEP Rare Disease Management Program-AccordantCare

Specialized disease management program for rare chronic diseases. Read more about this program here. To see if you qualify for this program or if you have questions about this program call your Local Plan or call AccordantCare™ directly at 1.866.648.4222 or visit the
AccordantCare website.

Technology Evaluation Center

A leader in evidence-based healthcare technology assessment, Blue Cross Blue Shield Association's Technology Evaluation Center has reports to help you:

• Understand the scientific evidence on the effectiveness of different treatments and tests.
• Make informed healthcare decisions.

Access the reports here.