Excellus BlueCross BlueShield is part of a family of companies that finances and delivers vital health care services to about 1.5 million people across upstate New York. Excellus BCBS provides access to high-quality, affordable health coverage, including valuable health-related resources that our members use every day, such as cost-saving prescription drug discounts and wellness tracking tools. Ex
cellus BCBS is a nonprofit independent licensee of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association. This responsibility extends beyond the office and includes online communications. To protect you and other members, we reserve the right to remove inappropriate comments. Comments that may be deleted include, but are not limited to:
• Posts that contain personal health information, including your health insurance identification number, health condition, financial information, etc.
• Comments that contain trade secret or other confidential, proprietary information of Excellus BCBS or others, or otherwise violate the company’s legally required confidentiality obligations.
• Comments that violate the privacy of our members or their families
• Threatening, harassing, abusive or discriminatory comments.
• Off-topic comments.
• Comments that use foul language or hate speech.
• Defamatory statements or comments.
• Solicitations or advertisements. Here are some other things you should know:
• Many of our social media posts contain health information from credible sources that may be helpful to you. What is posted on our site should not be considered medical advice or replace a consultation with a health care professional. Always consult with a health care professional before taking outside medical advice.
• Pages linked to our site do not constitute endorsement. We are not responsible for the content of external websites.
• If you post comments, you understand and acknowledge that the information posted is available to the public and may be used by us for internal and external purposes.
• If you do not want to have information that you post used, published, copied and reprinted, do not post on our pages. Thank you!
