Value Added Services

Blue365 has a range of new features and greater discounts from top national and local retailers on fitness gear, gym memberships, family activities, healthy eating options and much more.

Registration

Once you register on the Blue365 website at blue365deals.com/BCBSTX, you will receive weekly “Featured Deals,” which will offer additional discounts from leading health companies and online retailers that are available for a short period of time.

UT SELECT is administered by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas, a Division of Health Care Service Corporation, a Mutual Legal Reserve Company, an Independent Licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas provides administrative claims payment services only and does not assume any financial risk or obligation with respect to claims.

This is a comprehensive, 24-hour emergency response organization that provides international assistance services worldwide through the use of multilingual alarm centers on duty 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

International SOS responds to calls for help and advice from students, travelers and expatriates, managing issues from the simplest task of a doctor referral to the most complex emergency evacuation.

Membership is included for no charge for staff, faculty and students when traveling abroad on official UT business, and is available at a discount when traveling for a personal trip.

Registration

You may obtain a membership card from the UTA travel office. All UT-related travel abroad not booked using one of the University’s contracted travel agencies should be reported to International SOS in advance.

This can be done via the UT System SOS portal at www.internationalsos.com (use UT System Membership # 11BSGC000037 to log on). International SOS is not a Uniform Group Insurance Program benefit.

As a value-added service, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas (BCBSTX) provides employees, retirees and their families who are covered under the UT SELECT Medical Plan the opportunity to enroll in identity protection services.

These services are intended to give you some additional peace of mind. They are intended to protect health and personal information. Provided by Experian – at no cost to you – these services complement the security and data protection measures BCBSTX already has in place.

The services offered at no cost to you include features such as credit monitoring, fraud resolution, and identity theft insurance for adults and a selection of services for minor dependent children.

Enrollment

Please note, that under the terms of this value added program, you will be required to re-enroll annually.

To enroll in this free program, you should log into your Blue Access for Members (BAM) account at www.bcbstx.com/ut

Once logged in, please look for the “Identity Protection” link in the “Quick Links” section on the left side of the page. (NOTE: If you have not previously registered with Blue Access for Members (BAM), you will need to do so in order to access the link to sign up for free Identity Protection services.)

Your Benefits Identification number (or BID) is an 8 character unique identifier used for all of your UT Benefits coverage which can be found on your Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas ID card. The “Identification Number” requested during registration for BAM includes the leading “0” on your BCBSTX ID card plus your 8 character BID. 

Click here for more information about BCBS Identity Protections Services.  

To help reduce the effort in preparing a legal will, BCBSTX offers Online Will Preparation. Online Will Preparation offers:

  • A simple, easy process to create wills online
  • Online access means users can create wills at their convenience, any time of the day or night
  • Wills are valid in the state in which the insured resides
  • Users create wills at no cost to them

Click here for more information about BCBS Will Preparation