Healthy Living
Learn more about the programs and discounts that encourage you to take charge and maximize your health. As a UT CARE Medicare PPO member, these programs are available to you and your covered dependents at no added cost.
If you are a UT SELECT member now, these benefits are currently available to you.
Track your health and keep learning with our wellness and education tools. You can set and track progress towards your health goals. Use this checklist (lista de verificación) to help guide the conversation. You can also learn about:
- Diabetes self-care
- Managing blood pressure
- Eating well and healthy weight
- Stopping tobacco use
- Stress management and mental health
- Safety concerns
24/7 Nurseline
1-800-631-7023 TTY 711
UT CARE plan members can call a registered nurse, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to get help with health concerns and general health tips. Your call is taken by a registered nurse who can help if you are sick or hurt and not sure what to do.
Chronic Pain Programs
Hinge Health
Hinge Health is a coach-led digital program for those suffering with chronic back, knee, or hip pain.
Fitness Designed for You
SilverSneakers®
The SilverSneakers Fitness Program is included in your plan.
Hearing Care
Your plan includes benefits through TruHearing® or other hearing providers.
Mental Health Help
Digital Mental Health
See how much better life can feel with digital mental health programs from Learn to Live.
Private Duty Nursing
Up to 90 visits for medically necessary, temporary private duty nursing helps you and your caregiver manage complex medical conditions.
Rehab at Home
Airrosti®
Airrosti provides personalized care for acute and chronic musculoskeletal pain and conditions.
Virtual Visits
Virtual Visits powered by MDLive
With virtual visits powered by MDLive, you can consult with independently contracted, board-certified doctors or therapists for non-emergency situations by phone, mobile app or online video anytime, anywhere.
Wondr Health™
Wondr Health is a weekly, self-paced, online program that teaches you how to lose weight and improve your health without giving up your favorite foods.
In-Home Health Assessments
Your plan includes an In-home Health Evaluation (IHE) by a licensed and credentialed clinician (Certified Nurse Practitioner, Physician Assistant or MD) from our trusted partners, Signify Health and Matrix, at no cost to you.
Hinge Health is an independent company that provides an online musculoskeletal program for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas. Hinge Health is solely responsible for the products and services that it provides.
SilverSneakers® is a wellness program owned and operated by Tivity Health, Inc., an independent company. Tivity Health and SilverSneakers® are registered trademarks or trademarks of Tivity Health, Inc., and/or its subsidiaries and/or affiliates in the USA and/or other countries.
TruHearing® is a registered trademark of TruHearing, Inc., which is an independent company providing discounts on hearing aids.
Learn to Live, Inc. is an independent company that provides online behavioral health programs and tools for members with coverage through Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas.
Learn to Live (L2L) offers customized, user-paced, online programs based on the proven principles of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). The programs are confidential, accessible anywhere and based on years of research showing online CBT programs to be as effective as face-to-face therapy. L2L coaches are not providing services as licensed therapists, social workers or doctors and do not offer services requiring professional licensure such as psychotherapy. Coaches do not provide crisis support or emergency behavioral health services.
If you are a UT CARE™, UT SELECT or UT CONNECT member, your plan includes behavioral health benefits. To find a list of providers, go to bcbstx.com and log in to Blue Access for Members℠.
You and your dependents may also contact your Employee Assistance Program for help finding professional assistance. For more information, go to https://utsystem.edu/offices/employee-benefits/living-well/stress-less/employee-assistance-programs.
If you are in a life-threatening emergency, please call 911. If you are in crisis, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255.
Virtual Visits may be limited by plan. For providers licensed in New Mexico and the District of Columbia, Urgent Care service is limited to interactive online video; Behavioral Health service requires video for the initial visit but may use video or audio for follow-up visits, based on the provider’s clinical judgment. Behavioral Health is not available on all plans.
MDLIVE is a separate company that operates and administers Virtual Visits for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas. MDLIVE is solely responsible for its operations and for those of its contracted providers. MDLIVE® and the MDLIVE logo are registered trademarks of MDLIVE, Inc., and may not be used without permission.
Wondr Health™, formerly Naturally Slim, is an independent company that has contracted with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas (BCBSTX) to provide metabolic syndrome reduction program for members with coverage through BCBSTX.
BCBSTX makes no endorsement, representations or warranties regarding third-party vendors and the products and services offered by them.
Signify Health is an independent company that provides care management activities and member care services for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas.