Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona

Since 1939, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona (BCBSAZ) has been serving the healthcare needs of Arizona. As the largest local, independent and not-for-profit health insurance company headquartered in Phoenix, BCBSAZ offers various health plans for individuals, families, and small and large businesses. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association.

HOUSE RULES

Welcome to the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Facebook page. We’ve created this page to share information on topics related to health and wellness, and to have a dialogue on the evolution of how our nation is going to cover and pay for health care services. Ultimately we’d like this page to be all about what matters most – Your health and happiness. We are glad you have joined us and want to provide some rules and suggestions for interacting with our growing social community.

First the suggestions….

We hope you will:
* Comment on information you find interesting
* “Like” articles relevant to you on topics you’d like to see us post more about
* Encourage others to share by keeping the tone positive and sharing your own opinions

And now some rules …

Never share your personal health information on our page… or any other public sites for that matter. Because this page is all about sharing, we want anyone visiting the page to feel comfortable and safe in voicing their opinions, ideas and relevant news. We also want to preserve and respect the privacy of your personal health information. For those reasons, we reserve the right to remove posts (including, materials, comments, links, images, files, attachments or videos) within the following categories:

* Remarks or comments that defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights of others including companies and organizations
* Profane, defamatory, libelous, infringing, obscene, indecent, false, misleading, discriminatory, pornographic or unlawful content
* Material or software protected by intellectual property laws unless you own or control the rights or have received all necessary consents
* Any material or attachments that contain viruses, corrupted files, worms, or any other similar programs that may damage the operation of another's computer
* Content that is an advertisement or solicitation
* Personal Health Information (PHI) and other materials that contain private or personally identifiable information
* False comments or claims about Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona or any of its competitors
* Off-topic posts by the same person, as well as materials that will may be offensive to visitors to our page
* Remarks or comments that advocate voting for a particular political party and/or candidate. General political commentary is acceptable (e.g., Affordable Care Act [Obamacare] sentiment, increasing premiums, available coverage).

DISCLAIMER

We do not control the posts of third parties. Please understand that comments, visuals, videos and other types of materials posted by users of this site do not necessarily reflect the opinions of BCBSAZ, its employees or affiliates. We do not warrant the accuracy of any statement or claim that other users may post to this site We are not responsible for the content of other users, and do not endorse any opinions expressed within the sites.

BCBSAZ will provide links to other entities on its social sites and websites for your convenience in locating health-related information, services, and products. When you visit the links to these other sites, you are leaving the BCBSAZ social media sites and these websites are outside of BCBSAZ’s control. Accordingly, a link does not constitute endorsement of the content, view point, policies, products, or services provided or advertised on that website.

From time to time BCBSAZ will have promotions and contests. BCBSAZ acknowledges that any contest or promotion in no way sponsors, endorses or administers by, or associated with Facebook. Each entrant or participant releases Facebook of any and all obligation.

Any health and wellness information you view on this site is provided as general information. If you have personal medical issues or concerns, please talk to your treating provider and get professional medical advice.

Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Notice and Takedown Procedures

BCBSAZ is committed to protection of intellectual property rights. An owner of a protected work (or the owner’s authorized agent) who believes that information posted on this site violates the owner’s intellectual property rights can notify BCBSAZ of the rights and ask BCBSAZ to remove the alleged infringing work. The person giving notice needs to include the following information and affirmations in the notice:
• Name of the owner of the work.
• Contact information (name, address, phone number & email address) for the person giving notice.
• A description of the work that is claimed to be infringing. The description shall be sufficient to permit BCBSAZ to identify the story, photo, link, or other material.
• An affirmation of a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent or the law.
• An affirmation, under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notice is accurate and that the person giving notice is the owner of the allegedly infringing work or authorized to act for that owner.
• A physical or electronic signature

Send the notice to: socialcares@azblue.com or BCBSAZ, Social Media Manager, 2444 W Las Palmaritas Dr., Admin 2, Phoenix, AZ 85021


CONTACT INFORMATION

In an effort to provide you with the best customer service experience, please do not leave complaints on the page. Instead, if you have questions or concerns you may reach our customer service team at socialcares@azblue.com