January is Mental Wellness Month – a perfect time to shift one’s focus from what can be a hectic holiday season to one’s own well-being. Mental wellness includes all the actions you take to ensure your mental health needs are being met and maintained.

BCBSRI is committed to the health and wellness of its members, particularly the connection between one’s mind and body. Members can visit rhodeahead.com to find helpful information on various topics such as: 

• Food and nutrition – Cooking tips, healthy recipes, ways to eat healthy on a budget 
• Fitness – Yoga and healthy living classes at Your Blue Store (with locations in Cranston, Lincoln, Warwick, East Providence, and Narragansett)
• Health – Information regarding vaccines/health screenings, mental well-being, caregiver support, resiliency
• Virgin Pulse Journeys – Multi-week, guided courses that help members successfully form and adopt new healthy habits. Journeys create a highly personalized and persuasive experience with a combination of technology and clinical excellence by breaking a key behavior or larger goal into smaller achievable steps. Relevant journeys include “Care for Yourself While Caring for Others,” “Recognize and Overcome Burnout,” and “Learning to Make an Advanced Care Directive,” among many other self-care classes.

Behavioral Health Case Management Program Highlight

The BCBSRI Behavioral Health Case Management program is staffed by experienced mental health and substance use professionals who can provide education and support, assist with coordination of care, and help to close gaps related to social determinants of health.

Behavioral Health Case Managers are available Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. To refer a patient to the BCBSRI BH Case Management Program, please call 1-800-274-2958 or email triage_group@bcbsri.org.

You may also use our automated referral form at BCBSRI.com by following these easy steps: 

1. Log on to the provider portal of BCBSRI.com.

2. Click on Tools and Resources.

3. Click on Forms.

4. Click on Case Management Request.

5. Complete the required fields and click Go!

For additional information, please contact Isabella Faggiano at Isabella.faggiano@bcbsri.org.