Partnering with Labor and Trust for Over 80 Years
You May Know Us for Our Network
At Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, you have an unmatched network providing more than 2.4 million unionized members, retirees, and their families with access to care when and where they need it.* But we’re more than our big network; we bring decades of unwavering partnership, expertise, and innovation to customizing health solutions for multiemployer funds representing labor industries across the country.
95% of doctors and 96% of hospitals nationwide partner with us.*
We Listen and Understand Your Needs
Today more than ever, your fund faces unique pressures to meet specific business goals. That’s why you want a partner at your side who knows how to customize solutions that meet those needs while supporting the health and well-being of your members — today and into the future.
Our Local Teams Have Deep Roots in Labor
You’ll work with dedicated local teams, many with personal and professional roots in labor. With decades of expertise, we navigate the complexities of helping multiemployer funds manage rising healthcare costs. Our approach ensures that we deliver the cost-effective, comprehensive benefits your members expect, without compromising on quality of care.
We Use a Unique, Whole-Person Health Approach
Your members’ health is our first priority. That’s why we focus on connecting care for every moment of health — physical, mental, and social — coordinating care for the whole person. Our whole-health approach to care helps identify and reduce risk, close gaps in care, and keep costs down for everyone.
We’re Your Lifetime, Trusted Partner in Health
With local expertise and national resources, you have a team ready for you, right here at Anthem.
Partnerships Focused on Value
We believe that cost-effective healthcare begins with strong partnerships. By collaborating with labor unions and trusted care providers, we ensure that your workers receive the quality care they deserve.
High-Quality Care Focused on Affordability
At Anthem, we put quality and affordability at the forefront of healthcare for our members. In addition to negotiating competitive network rates, our value-based care (VBC) contracts with care providers prioritize results, helping to ensure members receive excellent care without unnecessary costs. By paying care providers for the quality of health outcomes, we’re helping members get the best possible care, not just more services. This value-based care approach has resulted in:
How Digital Healthcare Delivers Cost-Effective Care
Anthem health plans include virtual care options that connect your members to care when they need it. Our SydneySM Health app provides convenient access to primary care doctors, therapists, and 24/7 care at low or no additional cost. Plus, members can fill prescriptions through the app, helping ensure they continue regular medications.
Virtual preventive care visits through the app are especially helpful for members who need to manage chronic conditions such as asthma, hypertension, obesity, and diabetes, leading to better health, fewer missed days, and improved productivity — all while saving money.
Savings With Integrated Benefits
Combining your Anthem benefits helps protect your members’ whole health while balancing costs. Anthem Whole Health ConnectionR provides a more complete picture of a member’s health by connecting data across medical, pharmacy, behavioral health, dental, vision, and supplemental benefits. Integrating benefits this way helps to coordinate care, close gaps in care, and cut down on costs — which is why we offer medical premium discounts when you add Anthem dental, vision, or supplemental health benefits to your Anthem medical plan.
Offering supplemental benefits means you can provide more coverage without financial risk. That’s because they are voluntary options that let your members choose extra benefits at competitive rates, with little to no cost for you.
We’re Your Lifetime, Trusted Partner in Health
Customizing high-quality, cost-effective coverage your members deserve.
One Carrier. One Bill. One Administrator.
With Anthem, you have one stop for coverage, including medical, dental, vision, pharmacy, and supplemental health. From the moment you choose Anthem, you’ll have a local team that’s focused on smooth implementation, with convenient access to digital tools designed to simplify ongoing benefits management for both you and your members.
Seamless Implementation and Enrollment Support
Join nearly 365 unionized employers who’ve trusted us to cover more than 2.4 million members, retirees, and their families.* You’ll have your local Anthem team's dedication, supported by national resources, with you every step of the way, providing:
All-in-One Benefits Management With EmployerAccess
From annual enrollment to daily administration to customized reporting, a secure, single sign-on digital tool provides convenient access to everything needed for easier, real-time benefits management — all in one place. Use EmployerAccess to:
- Enroll members.
- Make changes and updates.
- View benefits and make payments.
- Get insights from reporting on your workforce health trends.
Watch this short EmployerAccess video to see how to view and manage plan details.
Streamline Healthcare With Integrated Benefits
Simplify your fund’s healthcare processes by adding Anthem specialty benefits to your Anthem medical plan. We’re here to help:
We’re Your Lifetime, Trusted Partner in Health
Simplifying healthcare for you and your members.
Personalized Experiences for Members
By putting members at the center of all we do, we’re focused on delivering healthcare experiences that are clear, easy, and satisfying for the millions of people we serve. Through concierge-style service, advocacy, and integrated digital tools, we engage members to get the most from their health benefits.
Putting Members at the Center of Care with the Sydney Health App
Anthem makes it easier for members to engage directly in their care by using our SydneySM Health app. With the latest in digital technology and artificial intelligence, members have one convenient place to access their personalized benefits information, care options, and resources that support informed decisions. They can use the app to:
Personalized Guidance Through the Member Health Journey
Members and their families have access to a dedicated Family Advocate to help them navigate care with their whole health in mind. As a single point of contact, the Family Advocate creates rapport and trust, customizes solutions based on members’ needs, and connects them to available resources and care through their benefit programs.
Family Advocates are specially trained to help members with a wide range of questions and issues, including:
- Finding quality doctors in their plan’s network and scheduling appointments.
- Researching claims and resolving any issues along the way.
- Advising on preventive care and managing chronic conditions.
- Connecting with clinical advocates who can coordinate care with specialists.
- Clarifying coverage, checking costs, and getting preapprovals quickly.
Enhanced Access to Primary Care
Our virtual primary care makes it easier and more convenient to receive regular care to help manage conditions such as asthma, hypertension, diabetes, and more for better health. Members can schedule and have video visits, use chat to follow treatment plans, schedule regular checkups, and maintain a relationship with a primary care doctor at low or no additional cost.
Clinical Support for Complex Health Needs
Anthem supports members and families with in-house clinical care teams for complex health needs. These teams offer expertise and specialized support, helping members understand chronic conditions or serious illnesses such as cancer, diabetes risk, and neonatal care. They facilitate access to care and empower members with education, self-management, and care coordination for quicker responses and guidance across care settings.
We’re Your Lifetime, Trusted Partner in Health
Helping members feel confident about healthcare.
* Anthem internal data, 2022.
In California Anthem Blue Cross is the trade name of Blue Cross of California, Inc. Also serving California: Anthem Blue Cross Life and Health Insurance Company. In 11 northeastern counties of New York Anthem Blue Cross is the trade name of Anthem HealthChoice Assurance, Inc., and Anthem HealthChoice HMO, Inc., and Anthem Blue Cross HP is the trade name of Anthem HP, LLC. Independent licensees of the Blue Cross Association. Anthem is a registered trademark of Anthem Insurance Companies, Inc.