VIA Signs National Purchase Agreement with the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association

By United Language Group

VIA, a leading provider of healthcare translation and localization services, announced today that it has signed an agreement with the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) that allows the Association’s 38 independent Blue Cross and Blue Shield member companies to participate and purchase translation services directly from VIA.

On behalf of the Blue Plans, BCBSA has selected VIA, a nationally certified women-owned business, to be part of a national initiative to provide written translation services. “Today’s healthcare organizations are faced with serving an increasingly multicultural client base and ensuring that all their multilingual communications are not only continually updated to reflect ongoing regulatory changes, but ensuring they are culturally sensitive and produced at the appropriate literacy level,” said Steve Vogeltanz, vice president of Healthcare for VIA. “Major organizations like the BCBSA prefer to work with us due to our excellent track record in cutting edge technology, specialized expertise, affordable terms and our production of quality written translations.”

The 38 Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies will have access to “early bird” and volume discounts as well as VIA’s Online Language System (OLS) providing them with a centralized approach to managing their document translations. VIA’s proven methodology for quality assurance and streamlined translation processes – 24/7 translation quoting, ordering, project workflow, revision management and budget to expenditure reporting – brings additional benefits. In addition to the written translation services, VIA will provide Braille capabilities.

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