Client education resources

Share these resources with your clients to help them better understand the healthcare market, their plan benefits and how to use available tools and resources.

First-time clients

Clients who purchase a health plan for the first time often need help understanding how to use it. Share these informational flyers and videos with your current and prospective Blue Shield clients to help them get the most from their health plan and assist them in their efforts to reduce their costs.

Topic Flyer/Video links
Quick Start Guide Flyer: Information for your client new to Blue Shield, before their plan's effective date English (PDF, 404 KB)
HealthCare 101 English (PDF, 1.6 MB)
Registration and navigation Video: English / Spanish / Mandarin
Pay your bill/Set autopay Video: English / Spanish
Ways to Get Your ID Card Video: English / Spanish
Select/Change a Doctor  Video: English / Spanish
View/Submit a claim Video: English 
How to renew a plan Video: English / Spanish
Pharmacy tools Video:  English

Virtual Care

Learn more about specialist care for your clients through Virtual Care. They can get care from a specialist without the time, cost, and stress of traveling to a far-away appointment.
 

Treatment cost estimator

Your PPO and Trio HMO members can use our Treatment Cost Estimator to budget and plan for future healthcare expenses. They can compare more than 1,600 medical treatments and services at various facilities.

This tool is available on your clients' dashboards in their online accounts.

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