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Healthy Blue OutcomesSM

Take the first step to a healthier you.

Enroll in Healthy Blue OutcomesSM to reap rewards and results.

The Blues want to support you in creating a healthier future. Our Healthy Blue Outcomes health plan financially rewards you for living a healthy lifestyle.

You receive the health care coverage you've come to expect from the Blues — now with the opportunity to reduce your plan cost share by as much as $2,500, depending on the plan selected by your employer.

Healthy Blue Outcomes offers comprehensive benefits to address illness and injuries.

Hit Your Targets

You are eligible for the Healthy Reward if you satisfy all of the following plan requirements within the first 90 days of your plan's effective date:

  • Complete the health assessment.
  • Submit the qualification form. Your doctor must use this form to document your health status.
  • Meet the health measures.

Complete the health assessment

You and your covered spouse are required to take our secure, online health assessment within the first 90 days of your plan's effective date. You will identify your greatest lifestyle risk factors so that you can develop a plan of action to address them.

>>>  Click here for more Health Assessment Instructions.

Completing the health assessment

The online questionnaire is designed to provide you with a truly customized plan. To prepare, you'll need to have key medical information on hand to answer questions related to your:

  • Blood pressure
  • Cholesterol (HDL and LDL and total)
  • Triglycerides
  • Glucose (blood sugar)
  • Waist measurement
  • Immunization record

You can complete the assessment without this information, but by providing detailed information you will ensure you receive a plan that is tailored to your specific needs.

Log in to Member Secured Services to start your health assessment.

NOTE: If you are entering Member Secured Services for the first time, you will need to register. It only takes a few minutes. If you do not have access to a computer to take the online health assessment, call 1-800-873-0509 to request a paper version.

Submit the qualification form

  1. Complete the Member instructions section of the qualification form provided in your member welcome kit. Blue Cross will mail you the kit at the beginning of your benefit year.
  2. Select a doctor from our industry-leading network.
  3. Set an appointment with your physician to complete the Physician instructions section of the qualification form. Ask if there any labs your physician would like you to have prior to your office visit.
  4. Meet with your physician to complete the qualification form. Fax completed forms to the telephone number listed on your qualification form.

Meet the health measures

To maintain your cost share savings, you and your covered spouse must meet specific health measures*. To successfully meet the standards:

  • Your body mass index must be less than 30.
  • You cannot use tobacco.
  • You must meet two of the following:
    • Your cholesterol (low-density lipoprotein) must be 160 mg/dl or less.
    • Your blood pressure must be 140/90 or lower.
    • Your blood sugar must be in the fasting, normal range if you are not a diabetic. If you are a diabetic, your A1C level must be less than 8 percent.

>>>  Click here to learn about the Health Measure Requirements.

Meeting the required health measures can positively impact chronic conditions that are often preventable — such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes and obesity.

If either you or your spouse fails to meet any of the plan requirements, you will not receive the Healthy Reward during this benefit year. But, you will have another opportunity to qualify for the Healthy Reward once your next benefit year begins.

We encourage you to work closely with your doctor to develop habits that will help you meet the measures during the next qualifying period.

Claim your reward

The key incentive in this plan for improving your health is the Healthy Reward that lowers your cost share.

Once you meet the plan requirements and health measures, you will be rewarded with a lower plan cost share. Depending on the Healthy Blue Outcomes plan your employer selects, your cost share can decrease by as much as $2,500.

Use the Blues' wellness resources

In addition to the health assessment, we have a number of other wellness tools and resources to help you develop and maintain a healthy lifestyle. They are available to you 24/7 when you log into Member Secured Services.

BlueHealthConnection®

BlueHealthConnection is the Blues' wellness and care management program. It includes our online coaching programs; 24/7 nurse line; and health improvement programs such as Quit the Nic, chronic condition management and case management.

>>>  Click here to read more about BlueHealthConnection Resources.

With BlueHealthConnection, you can:

  • Get personalized online coaching programs on topics such as care for pain, binge eating, stress and depression.
  • Learn about conditions, diseases, prescription drugs and wellness.
  • Keep current on topics like asthma, cancer, diabetes, heart disease, obesity and pregnancy.
  • Research topics specific to men, women, children and mature adults.
  • Use calculators to determine healthy weight, calorie burn rate, target heart rate, the cost of drinking and smoking, and more.
  • Quiz yourself on your knowledge of topics such as acne, addiction, aging, conditions, diseases, food, drugs, tattoos, vitamins, workplace interruptions and everything else in between.
  • Watch videos, listen to podcasts and use other interactive multimedia features to learn about various health topics.

Member discount programs

Our new Healthy Blue XtrasSM program offers exclusive savings to our Blues members on a wide variety of healthy products and services from Michigan businesses. Members can also access offers from companies throughout the U.S. with Blue365®, our national savings program. Log in at bcbsm.com/xtras.

Plan management

Our online services enable you to take full advantage of your health care benefits and easily manage your health plan. You can access information about your benefits, claims and much more. You can also locate and compare hospitals, physicians and medications based on the factors that are important to you — such as cost, quality and who participates with your plan.

Blues publications

Our member publications are loaded with health tips, wellness ideas and lifestyle advice.

>>>  Click here to read more about our Blues Publications.

  • Living Healthy magazine
    Our member magazine provides the latest health tips, wellness ideas and lifestyle advice. It's automatically mailed to all Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan members three times a year.
  • Living Health-e for Women newsletter
    This monthly, electronic newsletter specifically focuses on women's health and wellness issues. It also offers tips on how you can best use your Blues health care benefits to support a healthy lifestyle.
    Subscribe to Living Health-e for Women


*If it is unreasonably difficult or medically inadvisable due to a medical condition for you or your spouse to achieve the health measures for the reward under this plan, speak with your physician about a medical waiver during your initial office visit. If you have additional questions on your compliance status, call Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan at 1-866-726-4359.