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5(a). Medical Services and Supplies Provided by Physicians and Other Healthcare Professionals
5(b). Surgical and Anesthesia Services Provided by Physicians and Other Healthcare Professionals
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2024 Blue Cross and Blue Shield Service Benefit Plan - FEP Blue Focus
Index

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Index

 

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Abortion - 44 - 45, 67 - 69, 111 - 112    
Accidental injury - 76 -79, 101 
Acupuncture - 53 - 54, 69 - 72 
Affordable Care Act (ACA) - 9, 12 
Allergy care - 47 
Allogeneic transplants - 61 - 63 
Alternative treatments - 53 - 54 
Ambulance - 21 - 24, 76 
Ambulatory surgical center - 69 -72, 100 
Anesthesia - 44 - 45,  66 - 72, 102  
Angiographies - 39 -40, 69 - 72 
Appeals - 29, 115 -118 
Applied behavior analysis (ABA) - 21 -24, 47 -48, 69 -72, 111 - 112 
Assistant surgeon - 20 
Autism spectrum disorder - 47 - 48, 69 - 72, 111 - 112 
Autologous transplants - 59 - 63 
Biopsies - 40 -42, 56 - 57, 69 - 72 
Birthing centers - 19 - 20,  26, 44 - 45, 66 - 69 
Blood and blood plasma - 52 - 53, 69 - 72 
Blood or marrow stem cell - 21 - 24, 47 - 48, 59 - 63 
Blue Distinction Centers - 19 - 20 
for Transplants - 21 - 24, 63 
Blue Distinction Specialty Care - 19 - 24 
Blue Health Assessment - 40 - 42, 103, 132 
Bone density tests - 39 - 40, 69 - 72 
Brand-name drugs - 96 - 99 
BRCA - 21 - 24, 39 - 42 
Breast pump and supplies - 44 - 45 
Breast reconstruction - 57 - 59 
Breast prostheses and surgical bras - 51 
Breastfeeding support and supplies - 44 - 45, 67 - 69 
Cancer tests - 40 - 42 
Cardiac rehabilitation - 21 - 24, 47 - 48, 69 - 72 
Cardiovascular monitoring - 39 - 40, 69 - 72 
Care Management Programs - 104 - 105 
Case management - 104 - 105 
Casts - 56 - 57, 66 - 67, 69 - 72 
Catastrophic protection - 32, 127 - 128, 142
Cervical cancer screening - 40 - 43  
CHAMPVA - 119 - 120 
Changes for 2021 - 15 - 17 
Chemotherapy - 47 - 48, 63, 69 - 72  
Children’s Equity Act - 10 - 11 
Chiropractic manipulative treatment - 47 - 48, 53 - 54 
Cholesterol tests - 39 - 42 
Circumcision - 44 - 45, 56 - 57, 67 - 69 
Claims and claims filing
Overseas - 32, 108 - 109 
Post-service - 28, 113 - 114, 116, 135 
Pre-service - 21, 28 - 29, 135 
Clinic visits - 38 - 39, 69 - 72, 81 - 82 
Clinical trials - 21 - 24, 61 - 62, 122, 130 
Cognitive rehabilitation - 48 - 49, 69 - 73, 113 
Coinsurance - 30, 107, 130 
Colonoscopy - 40 - 42 , 56 - 57, 69 - 72 
Colorectal cancer tests
Colonoscopy - 40 - 42, 56 - 57, 69 - 72
Fecal occult blood test - 40 - 42
Sigmoidoscopy - 40 - 42 
Confidentiality - 13 - 14 
Congenital anomalies - 21 - 24, 56 - 57, 130 
Consultations - 38 - 39, 81 - 82
Contact lenses - 49 - 50, 110 
Contraceptives - 45 - 46, 69 - 72, 96 - 99 
Coordination of benefits - 119 - 128 
Copayments - 30 
CORE benefits - 36 
Cosmetic surgery - 56 - 59, 130 
Cost-share/cost-sharing - 30 
Costs for covered services - 30 - 33 
Coverage information - 9 
Covered facility providers - 19 - 20 
Covered professional providers - 18 
CT scans - 39 - 40, 69-72, 129  
Custodial or long term care - 130 
Deductible - 30 
Definitions - 129 - 137 
Dental care - 101 - 102, 110, 121 
Diabetic education - 54, 69 - 72 
Diabetic supplies
Diabetic Meter Program - 96 - 99 
Insulin pumps - 51 - 52 
Insulin, test strips, and lancets - 96 - 99 
Needles and disposable syringes - 96 - 99 
Diagnostic and treatment services - 38 - 39 
Diagnostic tests - 39 - 40, 81 - 84 
Dialysis - 47 - 48, 51 - 52, 69 - 72  
Disease Management - 104 - 105 
Disputed claims - 28 - 29, 116 - 118 
Divorce - 12 
DNA analysis of stool samples - 40 - 42 
Donor expenses - 63 
Drugs (see: Prescription drugs)
Durable medical equipment - 51 - 52, 69 - 72, 130 - 131 
Prosthetic devices - 21 - 24, 51, 66 - 67, 69 - 72 
Educational classes and programs - 54 
EEGs - 39 - 40, 69 - 72 
EKGs - 39 - 40, 69 - 72 
Emergency - 20, 27, 76 - 80, 101, 107 
Enrollment - 9 - 10, 18, 20 - 21 
Exception situations - 20 
Exclusions - 111 - 112 
Experimental or investigational - 59 - 60, 111 - 112, 131 
Extended care benefits - 73 
Eyeglasses - 49 - 50 
Facility providers - 19 - 20 
Family planning - 45 - 46 
Fecal occult blood test - 40 - 42 
FEDVIP - 101 - 121 
fepblue mobile application - 106 
fepblue.org - 4 
Flexible benefits option - 105 
Foot care - 50 
Formulary/Preferred drug list - 87 
Fraud - 4 - 5 
Gender affirming care - 21 - 24, 51, 55 - 57, 65 
Generic drugs - 96 - 99 
Generic equivalents - 85 - 86 
Genetic screening/testing - 21 - 24, 39 - 40, 69 -72 
Health Insurance Marketplace - 12 
Health tools - 103 
Healthy Families - 103 
Hearing aids and hearing services - 49 
Home health services - 53 
Home nursing care (maternity) - 44 - 45, 53 
Hospice care - 73 - 75 
Hospital - 19 - 20  
inpatient - 66 - 67, 83, 102, 126 
outpatient - 69 - 72, 83 - 84, 102 
Human papillomavirus (HPV) tests - 40 - 43 
Hypertension Management Program - 103 - 104 
Identification cards - 18 
Immunizations - 40 - 43, 96 - 99 
Inpatient hospital benefits - 66 - 67 
Inpatient professional services - 38 - 39, 81 - 82 
Insulin - 96 - 99 
Insulin pumps - 51 - 52
Laboratory and pathology services - 20 
Low-dose CT screening - 135 
Mammograms - 40 - 42 
Manipulative treatment - 53 - 54 
Maternity care - 26, 28, 44 - 45 
Maxillofacial surgery - 59 
Medicaid - 120 
Medical emergency - 77, 79 - 80 
Medical foods - 52 - 53, 96 - 99, 132 
Medical supplies - 52 - 53, 66 - 75, 96 - 99 
Medically necessary - 21, 24, 28, 111 - 112, 132 - 133 
Medicare - 1, 24 - 26, 119 - 128 
Medications and supplies - 96 - 99 
Medications to promote better health - 42 - 43, 96 - 99 

 

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