{"id":155564,"date":"2023-09-13T17:04:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T12:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-blue-shield-of-california-and-salesforce-advance-holistic-care-management-and-enable-streamlined-employer-enrollment-improving-time-to-care\/"},"modified":"2023-09-19T19:10:39","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T23:10:39","slug":"blue-shield-of-california-y-salesforce-avanzan-en-la-gestion-holistica-de-la-atencion-y-permiten-agilizar-la-inscripcion-de-los-empleadores-mejorando-el-tiempo-de-atencion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/blue-shield-of-california-y-salesforce-avanzan-en-la-gestion-holistica-de-la-atencion-y-permiten-agilizar-la-inscripcion-de-los-empleadores-mejorando-el-tiempo-de-atencion\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Shield of California and Salesforce Advance Holistic Care Management and Enable Streamlined Employer Enrollment, Improving Time to Care"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n.prntac{\nTEXT-ALIGN: CENTER\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p class=\"prntac\"><i>Salesforce forms technology backbone for Blue Shield&#8217;s care management platform to help teams spend more time connecting members to care and services<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"prntac\"><i>Collaboration also helps employers and brokers efficiently enroll with Blue Shield&#8217;s plans to ensure access to benefits\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">OAKLAND, Calif.<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">SAN FRANCISCO<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Sept. 13, 2023<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; Blue Shield of <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> and Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), the #1 AI CRM, today announced an expanded collaboration to meet members&#8217; need for unified experiences by leveraging the agility and breadth of the Salesforce platform. With its adoption of<u><a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3967431-1&amp;h=2554252725&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.salesforce.com%2Fproducts%2Fhealth-cloud%2Foverview%2F&amp;a=%C2%A0Salesforce+Health+Cloud\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u00a0Salesforce Health Cloud<\/a><\/u>, Blue Shield of <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> will be able to expand and scale more in-depth care management services to its members, promoting higher quality care. Additionally with Salesforce, Blue Shield is bringing together a consistent enrollment experience for employers and brokers to reduce the processing time for benefits administration from 24 hours to just five minutes.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpgeb0bleft\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"width: 100%; text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpgeb0bleft\" style=\"width: 400px; height: 147px;\" title=\"Blue Shield of California Logo\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/810201\/blue_jpg_Logo.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Shield of California Logo\" align=\"middle\"\/><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Our goal is to improve how we engage with and care for our members across their interactions with Blue Shield of <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> and we now have a platform approach that allows us to create unified member experiences,&#8221; said <span class=\"xn-person\">Bill Giard<\/span>, Vice President of Enterprise Architecture and Health Innovation at Blue Shield of <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span>. &#8220;Salesforce&#8217;s scalable, integrated technology allows us to understand our members better, bringing Blue Shield&#8217;s reimagined care experience to life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With a growing member base and increasingly complex medical cases, Blue Shield of <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> needs a holistic, unified view of its members to customize care plans and address health challenges across every step of its care journey. We&#8217;re thrilled to help Blue Shield create a more nimble, integrated care management platform to unify member data across multiple sources and collaboratively identify goals and interventions to have better outcomes and lower costs,&#8221; said <span class=\"xn-person\">Amit Khanna<\/span>, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Health and Life Sciences at Salesforce.<\/p>\n<p><b>Managing Care with Unified Sources of Authorized Data<\/b><\/p>\n<p>To gain a unified view of the health status of\u00a0its members, Blue Shield of <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> and Salesforce created Care Connect, a clinical care management system built on Salesforce Health Cloud. By combining data from 13 disparate, authorized sources of information, Blue Shield&#8217;s care managers can spend more time connecting with members with complex care needs by looking at just one complete view of members including authorized clinical, lab, pharmacy, behavioral health, care gap, and other key member health data. This unified source of authorized data also helps Blue Shield&#8217;s nurses, social workers, and a member&#8217;s providers develop near real-time, holistic care plans and ensure a member is connected to all of their in-network benefits.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Care Connect allows Blue Shield&#8217;s clinical care teams to better understand our members and provide holistic care support through a new, integrated source of truth. This game-changing technology has helped us reimagine how to provide personalized and simplified healthcare experiences for our members,&#8221; said <span class=\"xn-person\">Tracy Alvarez<\/span>, Vice President of Medical Care Solutions at Blue Shield of <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Blue Shield has quickly scaled to double the number of members served through Care Connect and plans to continue enhancing the platform to serve more members and foster adoption by external partners.<\/p>\n<p>KPMG played a key role in the strategic direction of Care Connect and the integration of data sources from across Blue Shield to support care management for member populations.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Collaborating with Blue Shield of <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> and Salesforce enabled the team to build a truly innovative platform<u>,<\/u>\u00a0elevating the member care experience through Care Connect,&#8221; said <span class=\"xn-person\">Paul Hencoski<\/span>, Healthcare and Government Solutions Practice Leader at KPMG. &#8220;By leveraging authorized data, unique insights, and industry expertise, we can inform client strategies and help build solutions that improve healthcare access. Supporting Blue Shield in transforming the future of care in <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> represents a core focus and commitment for our team.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>Streamlining Enrollment for Employers and Brokers<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The enrollment process for commercial markets has traditionally been manual and paper-heavy for payers and brokers alike. Blue Shield and Salesforce streamlined the end-to-end enrollment lifecycle into a single self-service digital experience for employers and brokers. By eliminating siloed tools and improving accuracy, employers and brokers can ensure their employees have faster access to care with Blue Shield.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>With the new automation capabilities, digital enrollment increased by 75% and manually-reviewed group enrollment decreased by 50%. The scalable solution will help Blue Shield expand self-service capabilities and quickly adapt to ever-evolving market needs for care and services.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>About Blue Shield of <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span><br \/><\/b>Blue Shield of <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> strives to create a healthcare system worthy of its family and friends that is sustainably affordable. Blue Shield of <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> is a tax paying, nonprofit, independent member of the Blue Shield Association with more than 4.8 million members, over 7,500 employees and more than <span class=\"xn-money\">$24 billion<\/span> in annual revenue. Founded in 1939 in <span class=\"xn-location\">San Francisco<\/span> and now headquartered in <span class=\"xn-location\">Oakland<\/span>, Blue Shield of <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> and its affiliates provide health, dental, vision, Medicaid and Medicare healthcare service plans in <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span>. The company has contributed more than <span class=\"xn-money\">$97 million<\/span> to Blue Shield of California Foundation in the last three years to have an impact on <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> communities.<\/p>\n<p>For more news about Blue Shield of <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span>, please visit<u><a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3967431-1&amp;h=1860358031&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.blueshieldca.com%2F&amp;a=%C2%A0news.blueshieldca.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u00a0news.blueshieldca.com<\/a><\/u>.<\/p>\n<p>Or follow us on<u><a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3967431-1&amp;h=477337751&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2Fblue-shield-of-california%2F&amp;a=%C2%A0LinkedIn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u00a0LinkedIn<\/a><\/u>,<u><a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3967431-1&amp;h=1882038192&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FBlueShieldCA&amp;a=%C2%A0Twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u00a0Twitter<\/a><\/u>, or<u><a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3967431-1&amp;h=2625773967&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FBlueShieldCA%2F&amp;a=%C2%A0Facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u00a0Facebook<\/a><\/u>.<\/p>\n<p><b>About Salesforce<br \/><\/b>Salesforce empowers companies of every size and industry to connect with their customers through the power of AI + data + CRM. For more information about Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), visit:<u><a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3967431-1&amp;h=2647446849&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.salesforce.com%2F&amp;a=+www.salesforce.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"> www.salesforce.com<\/a><\/u>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>CONTACT: Joann\u00a0Wardrip<br \/>Blue Shield of <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span><br \/>415-867-6018<br \/><a href=\"mailto:joann.wardrip@blueshieldca.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">joann.wardrip@blueshieldca.com<\/a><br \/>Salesforce PR<br \/><u><a href=\"mailto:pr@salesforce.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">pr@salesforce.com<\/a><\/u>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg08efleft\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"width: 100%; text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpg08efleft\" title=\"Blue Shield of California and Salesforce Advance Holistic Care Management and Enable Streamlined Employer Enrollment, Improving Time to Care\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/2209248\/Salesforce_Corporate_RGB.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Shield of California and Salesforce Advance Holistic Care Management and Enable Streamlined Employer Enrollment, Improving Time to Care\" align=\"middle\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Logo &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3967431-1&amp;h=1074932794&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F810201%2Fblue_jpg_Logo.jpg&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F810201%2Fblue_jpg_Logo.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/810201\/blue_jpg_Logo.jpg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photo &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3967431-1&amp;h=3367133726&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F2209248%2FSalesforce_Corporate_RGB.jpg&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F2209248%2FSalesforce_Corporate_RGB.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/2209248\/Salesforce_Corporate_RGB.jpg<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"PRN_ImbeddedAssetReference\" id=\"DivAssetPlaceHolder2\">\n<\/div>\n<p>SOURCE  Blue Shield of <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p class=\"prntac\"><i>Salesforce forms technology backbone for Blue Shield&#8217;s care management platform to help teams spend more time connecting members to care and services<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"prntac\"><i>Collaboration also helps employers and brokers efficiently enroll with Blue Shield&#8217;s plans to ensure access to benefits\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">OAKLAND, Calif.<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">SAN FRANCISCO<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Sept. 13, 2023<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; Blue Shield of &lt;span&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":155565,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-155564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-salud"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155564"}],"version-history":[{"count":"1","href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155564\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":155567,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155564\/revisions\/155567"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/155565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}