Your 2026 guide to health insurance enrollment: key dates, updates and support
- October 1, 2025
If you have questions or concerns about your Medicare, individual or family health plan, we're here to help.
Blueprint Magazine
Welcome to Blueprint magazine, a publication for the policyholders of the Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield family of companies. We’re here to help you on your healthcare journey with in-depth stories and videos about people just like you. We share news and information you can use to make the most of your benefits and stay healthy, as well as updates on fun events we sponsor in Arkansas communities and heart-felt features on the amazing work of the Blue & You Foundation for a Healthier Arkansas.
Autumn 2025
Featured articles
Supporting family caregivers during the holidays and beyond
- By Patty Gibson, MD, FAPA - Medical Director for Behavioral Health
- October 1, 2025
Being a caregiver for a loved one is an important job – and it can be a tough one. Caregivers help meet their loved ones’ health needs while still allowing them to enjoy the comforts of home.
Take a quiz for a chance to win a tailgating basket
- October 1, 2025
Do you have the Inside Track on health insurance? Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield challenges you to test your knowledge of health insurance.
We’re Here for You
- By Curtis Barnett, President and CEO, Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield
- October 1, 2025
As we enter the fall season and prepare for open enrollment, we recognize that rising healthcare costs, shifting regulations and economic pressures have created turbulence in the healthcare marketplac...
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Advocating for loved ones in the hospital
- by Mark T. Jansen, M.D., Chief Medical Officer
- October 1, 2025
Hospitals and their staff are vital to providing medical care and services for more serious medical concerns. Whether it is routine surgery, a more complex one or treating a significant medical illnes...
ArkansasBlue Welcome Centers get rave reviews
- By Sarah T. Lehr, Community & Public Relations Coordinator
- October 1, 2025
Members from across the state praise help they received at their nearby Welcome Centers
Kids thrive at Camp Thrive
- By Kennedy T. Kinley
- October 1, 2025
For students, the end of summer brings back-to-school preparation and nerves. Successfully balancing classes, homework, and activities starts with a strong foundation and a good plan for the year befo...
Providence Park – A community for neighbors in need
- October 1, 2025
In early September, Providence Park began accepting applications from hopeful neighbors (as Stanger calls them). The project's first phase includes 100 homes, with 10 homes expected to be ready before...
ARHOME & women’s health
- October 1, 2025
Did you know that certain women’s health services, like cancer and infection screenings, and checkups to discuss things like birth control, are free for ARHOME members?
Community Calendar
- October 1, 2025
We’ve usually got something going on at our seven ArkansasBlue Welcome Centers. Call or come by if you want to discuss insurance coverage, book one of our community rooms or participate in our commu...
GeoBlue is now Blue Cross Blue Shield Global Solutions℠
- October 1, 2025
GeoBlue, the name that has been associated with trusted international health insurance for more than 25 years, has become Blue Cross Blue Shield Global Solutions℠.
Women’s Health and Cancer Rights Act
- October 1, 2025
The Women’s Health and Cancer Rights Act of 1998 introduced changes in insurance coverage for a mastectomy. In accordance with the law, all group and individual health plans that provide medical and...
ANNUAL NOTICE: 2026 summary of benefits and coverage
- October 1, 2025
As required by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), the Summary of Benefits and Coverage (SBC) (OMB Control Numbers 1545-2229, 1210-0147 and 0938-1146) provides information regardin...
Reggie Favors inducted to 2025 Arkansas Women’s Hall of Fame
- October 1, 2025
Regina “Reggie” Favors, who served Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield for more than 40 years, advancing from claims processor to president and chief executive officer of Pinnacle Business Solutio...
Featured articles
Growing Minds: A blueprint for families
- Chad Sievers, MSSW
- June 24, 2025
Children don’t come with instruction manuals, especially when it comes to mental health. However, our Growing Minds program guides parents to mental health resources right here in Arkansas.
Take a survey, join our panel and read ways to de-stress
- June 24, 2025
Share your feedback for a chance to win a goody-filled Bogg bag. You can also join our BlueListens research panel to share your voice. And read a few of the 700+ ways to de-stress we received.
New Beginnings NWA offers medical respite care for people without housing
- Colton F. Faull
- June 24, 2025
When leaving the hospital, patients are often given a care plan — a path to recovery. But for those experiencing homelessness, that path can be nearly impossible to follow. They have no safe place t...
A word with Curtis Barnett, President and Chief Executive Officer
- By Curtis Barnett, President and CEO, Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield
- June 19, 2025
There have been many headlines about the healthcare industry as a whole, and health insurance in particular. On two occasions recently, I had an opportunity to sit down and visit with well-respected j...