Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas

San Francisco-Based Collective Health Expands to Texas with 100-Employee Office in Plano

by | Apr 23, 2024
Collective Health is an employee health benefits platform with more than 500,000 members. The company's corporate clients include H-E-B, Daikin, and Academy Sports + Outdoors.
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Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas Awards Nearly $3M in 2023-2024 Blue Impact Grants
by | Jul 25, 2023
Awarded to 101 community-based organizations across the state—including many in North Texas—the Blue Impact grants focus on health care access and target impacts of socio-economic and social determinants of health.
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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Accepting Applications for ‘Blue Impact’ Grants
by | Feb 28, 2023

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas is accepting applications for a new $2.93 million grant program as part of a refreshed community investment strategy focused on social determinants of health....

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The Last Word: Noni Ángel on the ‘Sustainable’ Bees at BCBSTX Headquarters
Something's buzzing atop the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas headquarters in Richardson—and it's offering a sustainable touch to the surrounding community. Earlier in the fall, BCBSTX installed two bee hives on the north side of its HQ building as part of the company's sustainability efforts. The hives are home to nearly 100,000 Italian honeybees.
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Capital Factory Opening Center for Health Innovation at Pegasus Park in Dallas

by | May 5, 2022
The Austin-based accelerator and investor plans to launch its Center for Health Innovation at Pegasus Park in Dallas by end of 2023. Its goal: connecting startups locally and across the state with each other, as well as other corporate and research players in the space.

“We're in the business of erasing boundaries in Texas—full stop,” President and Co-Founder Bryan Chambers told Dallas Innovates.
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C1 Innovation Lab, BCBSTX Team Up With Capital Factory to Spur Innovations in Healthcare
by | Jun 22, 2021
Dallas' C1 Innovation Lab, operated by Health Care Services Corporation (which owns Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas), has entered into a collaboration with early-stage investor Capital Factory to help Texas entrepreneurs explore, address, and pilot solutions that serve BCBSTX members. The end goal is to engage with new technologies and local entrepreneurs on the cutting edge of healthcare innovation.
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SMU Abernathy

SMU Names Fall 2019 Designer-in-Residence for Master of Arts in Design and Innovation Program

by | Sep 17, 2019
Jennifer Abernathy is the director of Innovation Research and Design at Health Care Services Corp. She brings experience in product development, design thinking, brand strategy, and user and trend research to her new role.
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Thought Leaders: Dallas Innovates 2019 — The Magazine
Musings on innovation from the region's paradigm-shifting companies and organizations.
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Tessa Hoskin: Mentor, Author, and Alpha Female Gives a Real-World Perspective
by | Oct 15, 2018
A mentor in a wide variety of industries and disciplines, Tessa Hoskin uses her educational and business experiences to help startup founders. She's even found time to be a published author.
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