Jul 12, 2024 Client/Member Resources Let’s play catch-up…with vaccines It’s 2024 and fair to say that lives are still disrupted due to Covid. One place we see it clearly is in healthcare. People are behind on well-child visits, vaccines, and recommended screenings. As a country we’re playing a long game of catch up. During National Immunization Awareness month in August, Blue KC picks sides […]
Jul 6, 2024 Sports Partnerships 2024 Blue KC Gamechanger Honoree Lauren Conaway – month of July July ‘Gamechanger’ is Big on Innovation Lauren Conaway is a big fan of the Kansas City Current and all they represent. It turns out, the Current are big fans of Conaway as well. Conaway was there when the Current opened CPKC Stadium, the first stadium in the world to be constructed specifically for a women’s […]
Jun 29, 2024 Sports Partnerships 2024 Blue KC Sporting Samaritan Honoree Nicole Robson – month of June Blue KC and Sporting KC have announced Valley Park Elementary School teacher Nicole Robson as the Blue KC Sporting Samaritan honoree for June When Nicole Robson returned to school to pursue her Masters in Elementary Education, she knew her calling was to help educate children. Her stint as a Special Education Paraprofessional at Blue Valley’s Hilltop Learning […]
Jun 28, 2024 Sports Partnerships 2024 Blue KC Answering the Call Honoree Mark Puno – month of June Hero With Many Hats Mark Puno wears a lot of hats, and all of them fall into the same category: hero. Puno was in the U.S. Army Reserves in the late 1990s, where he served with a transport unit. His unit was trained to move everything from ammunition to heavy artillery at a moment’s notice. […]
Jun 18, 2024 Care Management Why health providers ask patients about food, housing, and transportation When a member visits a primary care provider, there are some things on which they can depend, like sharing their Blue KC member ID card and stepping on a scale. Increasingly, members also can expect to be asked a series of nonmedical questions like: Nonmedical factors can have an impact on health Nonmedical questions like […]