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  • Open Enrollment — Time to Choose Your 2025 Plan

    Open Enrollment — Time to Choose Your 2025 Plan

    BCBSTX Connect Team
    BCBSTX Connect Team
    The open enrollment period can be confusing. Premiums. Deductibles. Coinsurance. Networks. We can help. Here are three important steps to help you prepare for this year’s open enrollment for health insurance coverage. Step 1: Make Note of the Deadline…
    • 8 months ago
    • Getting Health Insurance
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  • Tips for Using Your HMO

    Tips for Using Your HMO

    BCBSTX Connect Team
    BCBSTX Connect Team
    There’s a better way to use your health maintenance organization (HMO) plan. Start with your primary care provider (PCP). Your PCP knows how to help you get the health care you need. It’s an important relationship, because your PCP knows your: Current…
    • over 1 year ago
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  • RE: File Complaint

    BCBSTX Connect Team
    BCBSTX Connect Team
    Hello, I apologize if this was not made clear when you enrolled. A requirement of an HMO plan is to use an in-network PCP and obtain referrals to see any providers other than your PCP. Unfortunately if you visited a provider other than your PCP without…
    • over 8 years ago
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  • RE: Flu Clinic in another State

    BCBSTX Connect Team
    BCBSTX Connect Team
    Hello, Services received in a state outside of Texas are to be submitted through the Blue Cross Blue Shield plan for the state you are in. That plan then submits the claims to us through an electronic portal to process under our member's plans. You…
    • over 8 years ago
    • Ask BCBSTX
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  • Staying In-Network Can Help Cut Costs

    Staying In-Network Can Help Cut Costs

    BCBSTX Connect Team
    BCBSTX Connect Team
    When you shop, you probably keep an eye on costs. You want to buy the things you need at a fair price. What about when you’re shopping for health care? Using providers in your health plan’s network can help you save money. A network includes hospitals…
    • 11 months ago
    • Benefits & Coverage
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  • RE: Necesito dos tarjetas extra.

    BCBSTX Connect Team
    BCBSTX Connect Team
    Hola Dr. Javier Blanco Rais, Por supuesto le podemos enviar por correo 2 más tarjetas de identificación. Solo necesiamos que nos envíe un mensaje privado con su número de identificación. También puede iniciar una sesión en Blue Access for Members y solicitar…
    • over 10 years ago
    • Ask BCBSTX
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  • How to Check Your Drug Coverage

    How to Check Your Drug Coverage

    BCBSTX Connect Team
    BCBSTX Connect Team
    When your doctor says you need a prescription drug, one of your first thoughts may be, “How much will it cost me?” It’s an important thing to know, and there are several ways to find out. You might think about checking with your doctor’s office, but…
    • 1 month ago
    • Benefits & Coverage
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  • Check Provider Networks Before You Get Care

    Check Provider Networks Before You Get Care

    BCBSTX Connect Team
    BCBSTX Connect Team
    What is a Provider Network? You may have heard that premiums, copays and deductibles are all things you need to consider when choosing the best health plan for you or your family. Did you also know you should think about the plan’s provider network…
    • 11 months ago
    • Getting Health Insurance
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  • Do You Know How to Keep Yourself Safe from Scammers?

    Do You Know How to Keep Yourself Safe from Scammers?

    BCBSTX Connect Team
    BCBSTX Connect Team
    When it comes to protecting yourself from scams, it’s a good idea to be leery of strangers. The bad guys are always coming up with new ways to steal your private data — and your money. You may already know not to open that strange text message on your…
    • 9 months ago
    • Benefits & Coverage
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  • Health Insurance Terms: What Is Recommended Clinical Review?

    Health Insurance Terms: What Is Recommended Clinical Review?

    BCBSTX Connect Team
    BCBSTX Connect Team
    Sometimes, it seems like you need to bring a dictionary to the doctor’s office. Medical terms can be a mouthful. The names of prescription medicines don’t always roll off the tongue either. In fact, the lack of “simple speak” can make health care seem…
    • 2 months ago
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