Take charge of your health
Improving your health through balanced treatment of the body and mind.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas partners with New Directions Behavioral Health® to manage the behavioral health services of our members. Services covered on most benefit plans include mental health services, substance use treatment and more. If you have questions about your services or want more information,
visit the New Directions Behavioral Health website.
If you or a loved one is experiencing any of the following,
please call 800-952-5906.
New Directions is ready to take your call 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Additionally, if you or a loved one needs to speak with someone
about treatment options for substance use,
call the Substance Use Disorder Member Hotline: 877-326-2458.
While alcohol is a part of our culture, for about 14 million Americans, drinking has caused physical, emotional, social and legal harm. Consider these questions:
To speak with someone about treatment options, call the Substance Use Disorder Member Hotline: 877-326-2458.
Interested in mental health or substance use resources? Find support with tools that can help you discover health and happiness.
This includes Just Five, an online, self-paced program, focused on increasing awareness and reducing stigma about addiction prevention and treatment.
Just Five includes six five-minute learning experiences. The lessons combine animated and expert videos, interactive learning, and extra materials. Log in to your BlueAccess account to gain access to Just Five.
Anxiety normally comes and goes for most of us. For more than four million adults, constant anxiety seriously interferes with their lives. One or more of these can be signs of anxiety:
Bipolar disorder is an alternating period of depression and mania, characterized by:
It seems that almost all Americans are concerned about their weight or eating habits. For more than five million people, this concern has become one of the dangerous medical disorders of anorexia, bulimia or binge eating. Your eating might be out of control if you:
If you are unsure of your mental health coverage, log in to BlueAccess to review your benefits.