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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
5(c). Services Provided by a Hospital or Other Facility, and Ambulance Services
5(d). Emergency Services/Accidents
5(e). Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Benefits
5(f). Prescription Drug Benefits
5(g). Dental Benefits
5(h). Wellness and Other Special Features
5(i). Services, Drugs, and Supplies Provided Overseas
Non-FEHB Benefits Available to Plan Members
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Summary of Benefits – FEP Blue Focus
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2024 Blue Cross and Blue Shield Service Benefit Plan - FEP Blue Focus
Index

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Member facilities - 19 - 20 
Mental health/substance use disorder - 81 - 84 
MRIs - 39 - 40, 69 - 72, 129 
Multiple procedures - 56 - 57 
MyBlue Customer eService - 104 
National Doctor & Hospital Finder - 104 
Neurological testing - 39 - 40, 69 - 72 
Never Events - 6  - 8, 133 
Newborn care - 28, 38 - 39, 42 - 45, 67 - 69 
No Surprises Act (NSA) - 31 - 32 
NON-CORE benefits - 36 
Non-member facilities - 19 - 20 
Non-participating providers - 31 - 32, 134 
Non-preferred providers - 18, 31 - 32 
Nurse - 53, 73 - 75 
Nutritional counseling - 38 - 43, 56 - 57, 66 - 69 
Observation care - 133 
Obstetrical care - 44 - 45, 67 - 69
Occupational therapy - 48 - 49, 69 - 75 
Office visits - 38 - 39, 81 - 82 
Online Health Coach (OHC) - 103 
Oral surgery - 59 
Organ/tissue transplants - 21 - 24, 59 - 60, 62 - 64 
Orthopedic devices - 51, 57 - 59, 69 - 72 
Osteoporosis screening - 135 
Ostomy and catheter supplies - 52 - 53 
Out-of-pocket expenses - 32, 134 - 135 
Outpatient facility services - 69 - 72, 102 
Outpatient professional services - 38 - 39, 81 - 82 
Overpayments - 33 
Overseas Assistance Center - 107 
Overseas services, drugs, supplies and claims - 32, 107 - 109 
Oxygen - 51 - 53, 66 - 75 
Pap tests - 40 - 43 
Participating providers - 31 - 32 
Patient Safety and Quality Monitoring (PSQM) program - 85 - 86 
Personal Health Record - 103 
PET scans - 39 - 40, 69 - 72, 129 
Pharmacotherapy - 38 - 39, 47 - 48 
Physical examinations - 69 - 72, 111 - 112 
Physical therapy - 48 - 49, 69 - 75 
Physician - 18, 123, 127, 131, 135 
Plan allowance - 31, 133 - 134 
PPO - 13 - 14, 19 - 20, 135 
Pre-admission testing - 66 - 67 
Precertification - 21 - 24, 26, 28, 55 - 56, 65, 72 - 73, 81, 83, 135 
Preferred providers - 13 - 14, 18, 104 
Pregnancy (see: Maternity care)
Prescription drugs
Brand-name drugs - 96 - 99 
Drugs from other sources - 100 
Generic drugs - 96 - 99 
Preferred retail pharmacies - 96 - 99, 114 
Retail Pharmacy Program - 85 - 86, 108 - 109 
Self-injectable drugs - 96  - 99 
Specialty Drug Pharmacy Program - 85 - 86, 96 - 99, 114 
Specialty drugs - 96 - 99, 136 
Preventive care
Adult - 40 - 42, 135 
Child - 42 - 43 
Primary care provider (PCP) - 36 
Prior approval - 21 - 24, 26, 39 - 42, 47 - 48, 51 - 52, 55 - 57, 59 - 60, 63, 65, 69 - 76, 81 - 82, 85 - 86, 135 
Professional providers - 18 
Prostate cancer - 40 - 42 
Prosthetic devices - 51, 56 - 57, 66 - 67, 69 - 72 
Psychotherapy - 81 - 84
Pulmonary rehabilitation - 47 - 48, 69 - 72 
Radiation therapy - 47 - 48, 69 - 72 
Reconsiderations - 28, 116 - 118 
Replacement coverage - 11 - 12 
Reproductive services - 46 - 47, 129 
Assisted reproductive technology (ART) - 46 - 47, 129 
Residential treatment center (RTC) - 19 - 21, 26, 28, 72 - 73, 83
Rights and responsibilities - 13 - 14 
Room and board - 66 - 67, 72 - 73, 83 
Routine Annual Physical Incentive Program - 106 
Screening services - 135 
Second surgical opinion - 38 - 39 
Self-injectable drugs - 85 - 100 
Skilled nursing facility (SNF) care - 73, 130 
Smoking cessation - 54, 96 - 99 
Social worker - 104 - 105 
Specialty Drug Pharmacy Program - 96 - 99, 108 - 109, 114  
Specialty drugs - 85 - 100, 136 
Speech therapy - 48 - 49, 69 - 75 
Speech-generating devices - 51 - 52
Stem cell transplants - 21 - 24, 59 - 60 
Sterilization procedures - 45 - 46, 56 - 57  
Subrogation - 120 - 121, 136 
Substance use disorder -81 - 84  
Surgery - 19 - 24, 49 - 51, 55 - 65, 130 
Assistant surgeon - 20
Eye: cataract, amblyopia, strabismus - 56 - 57 
Gender affirming - 21 - 26, 56 - 57 
Multiple procedures - 55 - 57 
Oral and maxillofacial - 59 
Outpatient - 56 - 57, 69 - 72 
Reconstructive - 21 - 24, 57 - 59 
Sterilization, reversal of voluntary - 45 - 46, 56 - 57 
Surgical implants - 51, 69 - 72 
Surgical treatment of morbid obesity - 21 - 24, 56 - 57 
Transplants - 21 - 24, 59 - 64 
Syringes - 96 - 99 
Telehealth
Dermatology - 38 - 39, 136 
Mental health/substance use disorder - 81 - 82, 136 
Minor acute conditions - 38 - 39, 133 
Nutritional counseling - 40 - 43, 105 
Temporary Continuation of Coverage (TCC) - 11 - 12 
Tobacco cessation - 54, 96 - 99 
Transplants - 19 - 24, 47 - 48, 59 - 63 
Travel benefit - 63, 103 
Treatment therapies - 47 - 49 
TRICARE - 119 - 122 
Ultrasounds - 39 - 40, 69 - 72 
Urgent care center - 78 - 80 
Urgent care claims - 27, 136 
VA facility - 127 
Vaccines - 40 - 43, 96 - 99 
Verbal statements - 4, 28, 104 - 105 
Vision services - 49 - 50
Waivers - 31 
Weight control - 21 - 24, 56 - 57 
Wheelchairs - 51 - 52 
Wigs - 51 
WRAP benefits - 36 
X-rays - 39 - 40, 69 - 72 

 

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