Archived Blog Posts
Get Your New Member ID Card
If you did not receive your new insurance card, starting 7/1/2022, you can download your new card by visiting the Highmark website. Scroll down the page until you see “Member Portal Assistance.” Click on the…
Update – Doctor On Demand
We would like to remind our Blue Shield members that Doctor on Demand will need your new Highmark Blue Shield insurance information for visits as of 7/1/2022. Th…
Annual Stakeholder Meeting on 5/12/2022
The Rensselaer-Columbia-Greene Health Insurance Trust held a Stakeholder meeting for Superintendents, School Business…
The Winter 2021 Health Trust Report Card
The Winter 2021 Health Trust Report Card is now available! Download the Winter 2021 Report Card
The Fall 2020 Health Trust Report Card
The Fall 2020 Health Trust Report Card is now available! Download the Fall 2020 Report Card
The Fall 2019 Health Trust Report Card
The Fall 2019 Health Trust Report Card is now available!
Business Review honors Questar III for wellness activities
In August 2019, one of the RCG Health Insurance Trust’s members was honored by the Albany Business Review, celebrating Questar III BOCES as one of the region’s first-ever Healthiest Employers.
Preferred Plans Continue to be…Preferred
The Trust provides alternate benefit options because the Board of Trustees understands that different members have different circumstances and different coverage needs.
Prescription Drug Program Best Practices
Rising drug prices is one of today’s most discussed health care topics, and with good reason: double-digit price hikes for brand-name drugs are becoming more commonplace.
Introducing Telemedicine
Telemedicine is a convenient, cost-effective and timesaving alternative to the emergency room, urgent care center or your regular doctor for simple common concerns.
Is It An Emergency? Getting the Right Care at the Right Place
When you’re sick or injured and need to see a doctor, how do you choose between going to the emergency room, going to an urgent care clinic, using your telemedicine benefit, or going to your doctor’s office?
Preferred Plans Encourage Better Health – And Savings for You and The Trust
The Trust provides many alternate benefit levels because the Board of Trustees understands that different employees have different circumstances and different coverage needs.
Prescription Drug Program Changes
In the fall, the Trust launched a partnership with CVS Health to provide the Trust’s self-insured prescription drug benefits, which were previously provided through Blue Shield of Northeastern New York.
Archived Newsletters
Health Trust Report Card, Volume 14, Winter 2023
Health Trust Report Card, Volume 12, Winter 2021
Health Trust Report Card, Volume 11, Fall 2020
Health Trust Report Card, Volume 10, Fall 2019
Health Trust Report Card, Volume 9, Fall 2018
Health Trust Report Card, Volume 8, Fall 2017
Health Trust Report Card, Volume 7, Winter 2017
Health Trust Report Card, Volume 6, Fall 2015
Health Trust Report Card, Volume 5, Fall 2014
Health Trust Report Card, Volume 4, Fall 2013
Health Trust Report Card, Volume 3, Fall 2012