Chattanooga Times Free Press, Jan. 27, 2021 BlueCross offers grants to aid state’s vaccinations Tennessee’s biggest health insurer is offering aid to help spread vaccinations for the COVID-19 virus across the state. The BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Foundation, the philanthropic …
BlueCross/Meharry partnership addresses racial health inequities, vaccinations | Opinion
Tennessean, Andrea D. Willis, Jan. 27, 2021 Last year, BlueCross BlueShield and Nashville’s Meharry Medical College, the nation’s largest private historically Black academic health sciences center, recognized how COVID-19 was disproportionately affecting minority communities. This recognition led to our partnership with …
Why COVID-19 has increased health inequality — and the ways we’re addressing it
BCBST News Center, Jesse Thompson, Jan. 26, 2021 Key Takeaways COVID-19 disproportionately affects communities of color across the country, and especially in Tennessee. BlueCross has created its own Social Vulnerabilities Index to identify and support individuals who are at greater …
Tennessee Vaccinations To Prioritize Households Of ‘Medically Fragile’ Children
NPR, Blake Farmer, Jan. 22, 2021 Tennessee is tweaking its vaccine distribution strategy again, releasing an updated plan Friday that moves the families of medically fragile children into the state’s 1c phase, along with patients who have poor health themselves. Read the …
TDH Updates COVID-19 Vaccination Plan
Tennessee Department of Health, Jan. 22, 2021 NASHVILLE – The Tennessee Department of Health has updated Tennessee’s COVID-19 Vaccination Plan as the state continues to prioritize Tennesseans most at risk of illness and death from COVID-19. Read the full article on the …