When it comes to your clients' employees, anything less than the best is not an option. Now more than ever, your clients' employees need real facts so they can make smart choices about their health care. That's why we built Blue Distinction — our designation program for specialty care.
Blue Distinction improves the quality of care our members receive by recognizing health care facilities that provide better overall care. Its focus is on high-volume, high-risk and high-cost specialty care, such as:
- Bariatric Surgery
- Cardiac Care
- Cellular Immunotherapy
- Fertility Care
- Gene Therapy
- Knee and Hip Replacement
- Maternity Care
- Spine Surgery
- Substance Use Treatment and Recovery
- Transplants
Teamwork is Critical
Early on, we worked with doctors and health care organizations to develop a set of quality measures that are designed to inform us of the facilities that deliver better overall patient results. This gives members comfort in knowing that Blue Distinction is a reliable resource for finding specialty care. Research shows it works. Blue Distinction Centers produce better overall results and save lives, as well as provide cost savings.
Our quality measures are used with facilities all over the country, so your clients' employees can depend on Blue Distinction Centers no matter where they live or travel. There are more than 1,600 centers across 46 states.
Contact your Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois (BCBSIL) representative to find out how to build benefit plans around Blue Distinction treatment centers.
