Bio – Claire York

Sales Vice President, Texas Public Markets

Claire York leads sales and account management for all Government and Public Sector business at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas (BCBSTX) and aims to continue delivering solutions for state and government employees that offer the highest quality of health care and care management for the best value.

Understanding how the many levers of our managed care ecosystem contribute to the cost of health care is critical to ensure affordable, high-quality care is available to all Texans – and this goal of a healthier and cared-for Texas drives Claire forward. She is also accountable for supporting State and Local Government accounts through ongoing legislative changes, both federal- and state-based, and ensures solutions are driven by data analytics and member experience.

She joined the BCBSTX leadership team in 2021 after more than 20 years with Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC), which operates Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans in Illinois, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. She spent her first five years in reporting and analytics learning about customer service, claims and benefits operations. After which she became a manager to lead the modernization of our claims processing. Next, she spent time in IT infrastructure build-out disaster recovery business processes.

Before joining her current BCBSTX Account Management team, Claire was Associate Vice President of Enterprise Marketing Services and focused on large group installation activities. She oversaw both on- and off-shore teams in group service delivery, group eligibility configuration and implementation for all new and renewing Custom Group business.

In addition to her various functions, she served as president of HCSC’s Women Improving the Strength of the Enterprise (WISE) business resource group for five years until 2017.