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Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas Awarded NCQA Long-Term Services and Supports Distinction
Dec. 18, 2023
RICHARDSON, Texas — Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas has been recognized with a Long-Term Services and Supports Distinction from the National Committee for Quality Assurance. The NCQA is a private nonprofit dedicated to improving health care quality.
NCQA’s LTSS Distinction is awarded to health plans that demonstrate high quality, effective health care and social services standards that align with state requirements for vulnerable individuals needing LTSS services such as older people and people with disabilities. Additionally, health plans must have core functions in place such as person-centered care planning, effective care transitions and critical-incident management systems with built-in health equity principles and patient protections.
“This recognition by NCQA for our commitment to advancing health care quality through integrated care underscores our focus on optimal health outcomes for our members across the state,” said Dee Cavaness, Medicaid vice president for BCBSTX. “It showcases our dedication to provide holistic and coordinated care to our members receiving long-term services and support.”
BCBSTX currently serves more than 55,000 Texas Medicaid members statewide and has participated in Texas’ Medicaid program since 2012.
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About Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas (BCBSTX) — the only statewide, customer-owned health insurer in Texas — is the largest provider of health benefits in the state, working with more than 140,000 physicians and health care practitioners, and 520 hospitals to serve more than 7 million members in all 254 counties. BCBSTX is a Division of Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC) (which operates Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans in Texas, Illinois, Montana, Oklahoma and New Mexico). Health Care Service Corporation is a Mutual Legal Reserve Company and an Independent Licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association.
About NCQA
NCQA is a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to improving health care quality. NCQA accredits and certifies a wide range of health care organizations. It also recognizes clinicians and practices in key areas of performance. NCQA’s Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS®) is the most widely used performance measurement tool in health care. In recognition for its leadership in diversity, equity and inclusion, NCQA has won the Excellence in Diversity Award from the Chesapeake Human Resources Association. NCQA’s website (ncqa.org) contains information to help consumers, employers and others make more-informed health care choices. NCQA can be found online at ncqa.org, on Twitter @ncqa, and on LinkedIn at linkedin.com/company/ncqa.