Employer groups throughout our city and region hit the road for our record-breaking 2011 National Walk @ Lunch Day.
40 million
number of calories burned during our three annual fitness events — National Walk @ Lunch Day, the Blue Cross® Broad Street Run, and Step Out: Walk to Stop Diabetes — which is more than the calories in 43,000 Philadelphia cheesesteaks
Your well-being is always our focus. In the next four sections of this report, you'll read about how we're walking the talk by keeping you well, taking the lead, thinking ahead, and making health care work for you. The numbers below detail just a few of the ways we made a difference in your health in 2011.
$4.3 million
reimbursed to our members for making healthy choices such as joining a gym or enrolling in a weight-loss or tobacco-cessation program through our Healthy Lifestyles℠ programs1,626,449
number of times people interacted with our social media sites, including Facebook and Twitter, to receive practical, positive messages related to better health-
3,280
Independence Blue Cross volunteers who donated more than 9,700 hours to 200 community service projects to contribute to the well-being of our community -
515 percent
increase in the number of patient-centered medical home practices in our network — from 32 in 2010 to 198 in 2011. We are strongly committed to supporting the growth and expansion of these models of high-quality, coordinated primary care as we change the way health care is delivered in our region -
30 percent
potential savings for small-business owners with 50 or fewer employees who purchased new Blue Solutions® plans starting in December 2011 -
#1
preferred health insurance brand in our region