In a push for sustainability, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Mexico has partnered with beekeeping company Alveole to bring two hives and 120,000 honeybees to its headquarters in Albuquerque.
Workforce
From new headquarters to committing to permanent remote work, these are seven recent payer workforce stories reported by Becker's since Aug. 31:
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City will move its headquarters to a new 260,000-square-foot space in Kansas City, Mo.
Four payers are among the nation's best places for hybrid jobs, according to FlexJobs.
BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee is committing to permanent remote work and won't require the majority of its 6,300 employees to come to the office, the Chattanooga Times Free Press reported Sept. 9.
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A 54-acre campus in Minnesota partially occupied by UnitedHealth Group's Optum has been listed for lease, the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal reported Sept. 8.
Four payers are among the nation's best places to work in healthcare, according to a ranking published Sept. 7 by Fortune and Great Place to Work.
Fidelis Care is committing to remote and hybrid employee workstyles and will exit some leases for office space in the Buffalo and Niagara Falls region of New York, The Buffalo News reported Sept. 6.
As the workforce across the country continues to adjust to more flexible workstyles, health insurers have hired C-suite talent and opened new office spaces that support hybrid workstyles.
MetroPlus Health has opened its new headquarters in New York City's Harlem neighborhood.