The Telly Award, Bronze – 2010
The Community Conversations on Compassionate Care (CCCC) 2010 Public Service Announcements on Advance Care Planning received this for...  news release

The Telly Awards honor the very best local, regional and cable television commercials and programs, as well as the finest video and film productions, and work created for the Web. 

The PRism Award - 2010
Excellus BlueCross BlueShield won a PRism Award for the End-of-Life entry in the Integrated Campaign category.  Each year the area's best work in public relations is showcased at the PRism Awards.  This annual event is a celebration of professional excellence.

 At Excellus BlueCross BlueShield, we enable individuals nearing the end of life to receive quality care that honors their clearly stated preferences, while also ensuring that families are supported throughout the journey.  We partner with community coalitions statewide and nationally in order to expand the reach of our initiatives.  These include tools to encourage family discussion, Health Care Proxies, Advance Care Planning, MOLST and others.  Development and leadership of the National Health Care Decisions Day (NHDD) New York State Coalition provides the latest opportunity to expand our reach statewide and nationally. 

The BlueWorks® Award – 2009
The BlueWorks® Award for Best Practices in Empowering Consumers and Providers.  read more

The BlueWorks® Award – 2008
Finalist for the Community Conversations on Compassionate Care (CCCC) Program.  poster

The BlueWorks® Award Finalist, 2008
BlueCross BlueShield Association BlueWorks® Award Finalist for the Medical Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment (MOLST) Program.
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The Telly Award, Silver – 2008
The Telly Award honors the finest film and video productions, groundbreaking web videos, and outstanding local, regional and cable TV commercials and programs for, the MOLST DVD, “Writing Your Final Chapter: Know Your Choices… Share Your Wishes”. 
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Health Information Resource Center, National Health Information Awards – 2008
Merit Award, The National Health Information Awards recognizes the nation’s best consumer health information programs and materials. The MOLST DVD received an award in the Videos category for Consumer Decision-Making Information. 
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National Mature Market Resource Center, National Mature Media Awards, Merit Award - 2008
The National Mature Media Awards recognize the nation’s finest advertising, marketing and educational materials created for older adults. The MOLST DVD received the award in the Videos (Educational/Training Programs) category in the Healthcare division.
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FREDDIE Awards Finalist, International Health and Medical Media Awards – 2008
The FREDDIE Awards recognize the best medical videos, DVDs, CDs and Web sites that address health or medical issues for consumer or professionals.  read more

Web Marketing Association, Web Award for Health Care Standard of Excellence – 2008
The Web Awards are the premier annual website award competition that identifies the best websites in 96 different industries and sets the standard of excellence for all websites. 
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Healthcare Strategy Institute, eHealthcare Leadership Award – 2008
eHealthcare Leadership Awards are presented to organizations that have demonstrated innovative ways to use the internet and technology to achieve their business objectives and mission. The Awards recognize the best websites of healthcare organizations, health plans, pharmaceutical and medical equipment firms, business improvement agencies and online health companies. 
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Health Improvement Institute, Aesculapius Award, Award of Excellence – 2008
Aesculapius Awards are designed to recognize and promote creativity and excellence in the communication of good information about healthy lifestyles, disease prevention, health care treatments and medical decision-making. read more

Health Information Resource Center, World Wide Web Health Award, Bronze – 2008
The World Wide Web Health Awards recognize the best web-based health-related content for consumers and professionals. CompassionandSupport.org received a bronze medal award in the “Patient Education Information” category.
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