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Brendan Shane, director, behavioral health, shares updates about our initiatives, including a focus on addressing the needs of caregivers – your employees who care for family members.
Current initiatives
One in five adults age 18+ experience a mental illness in a given year in the United States.1 In these times, the amount of people needing support is undoubtedly higher. We're reaching out to support caregivers and members as they face added stress, increased isolation and loneliness in challenging times.
Collaborative care model
- We are partnering with providers who can treat mild to moderate mental illness in primary care settings to better manage comorbid medical and behavioral conditions
Awareness and action campaign
- This effort provides multiple channels of information, training and support.
Enhanced behavioral health programs
We've enhanced several behavioral health programs to offer proactive support and intervention for employees and family members.
Autism
Care management support is triggered through initial outpatient diagnosis and first claim. Members receive clinical and administrative help with all behavioral health needs.
Learn more about support for families at bluecrossmn.com/autism.
Enhanced autism program details
Enhanced autism program member flyer
Eating disorders
Outreach triggered by first outpatient claim. Members receive support and chronic disease management services to help prevent inpatient hospitalizations. Screening for comorbid mood and anxiety disorders identifies underlying conditions. Case management of transition of care for members discharging from inpatient and residential programs prevents readmissions.
Enhanced eating disorders program details
Substance use and opioid addiction
Targeting the opioid crisis with enhanced services that provide access to medication-assisted treatment and chronic pain management.
Understand the full scope of behavioral health
Learn how Blue Cross is addressing the behavioral health needs of employees by broadening our care approach to treat the whole person. White papers, roundtables, webinars, podcasts and more.
The impact of caregiving on mental and physical health
Get deeper insights about the health impact caregiving has on the Blue Cross and Blue Shield commercially insured population in the most recent Health of America Report®.
Support for employees
These programs and services are designed to help your employees and their families get easy-to-use support for mental, emotional and physical health concerns.
Learn to Live
Online behavioral health therapy
Living with stress, insomnia, depression, substance use or social anxiety? Learn to Live is an online program that's available anytime to help you work through it.
Visit learntolive.com/partners and use your code.
Doctor On Demand
24/7 online doctor
Meet face-to-face online with a board-certified doctor, psychiatrist or psychologist wherever you are.
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Professional advice
Receive confidential, short-term services (financial and legal advice, help finding child care or elder care, mental health counseling, etc.) from professionals.
1-800-432-5155