BlueCross BlueShield Global ˝ Core United Nations Members Download the Blue Cross Blue Shield Global Core app today With the app, you can: } Search for a doctor or hospital. } Submit claims. } Get medical terms and phrases for many symptoms translated — and even use an audio feature to play the translation. Go to bcbsglobalcore.com to search for a doctor or hospital. Use the Blue Cross Blue Shield Global Core app to find a doctor or hospital. Call the UN dedicated Blue Cross Blue Shield Global Core Service Center 24/7 at 1-855-327-1444 or 1-312-935-1721. You can call collect from outside of the US. They can help you set up a doctor visit or hospital stay. Need care outside the U.S.? UN members can: Go straight to the nearest hospital in an emergency. 1. You will need to pay up front in full for your care. 2. Download an international claim form at bcbsglobalcore.com or get a form by calling Member Services at the number on your ID card. 3. Fill out the claim form and send it with the original bills to the Blue Cross Blue Shield Global Core Service Center. You can submit them through the mobile app, email or postal mail. Unless itfis an emergency, call the Global Core Service Center before getting care outside the U.S. Global Core will work with the doctor or hospital and Empire to approve and accept a Guarantee of Payment (GOP). With an approved and accepted GOP, no payment is due at time of service for hospital services and only your applicable deductible/coinsurance/copay is due at time of service for professional services. What if you get care from a doctor or hospital that has not accepted a GOP? 1 GeoBlue® website, More than 20 years as a leader in international healthcare (accessed February 2020): about.geo-blue.com. The Blue Cross Blue Shield Global Core program was formerly known as BlueCard Worldwide˝. Services provided by Empire HealthChoice HMO, Inc. and/or Empire HealthChoice Assurance, Inc., dba Empire BlueCross BlueShield. Independent licensees of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, an association of independent Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans. How to access care around the world The Blue Cross Blue Shield Global® Core Program gives UN members benefits when you live or travel outside the U.S. If you’re outside the U.S., whether living or traveling, you can use the Blue Cross Blue Shield Global® Core Program. It gives you access to preferred doctors and hospitals in 190 countries and territories around the world. 1 Can't find a hospital listed? No problem! The Blue Cross Blue Shield Global® Core Program allows you to choose any hospital you wish with the same in-network level of benefits, all other providers will be paid with your out of network benefits. For professional providers, you have the option to choose who you wish to see. If the doctor is a preferred provider, benefits will be paid per your in-network level of benefits, all other providers will be paid with your out of network benefits. Always check the UN Circular as it provides additional information regarding how benefits are covered outside the U.S. ‘Remember that it is the shared responsibility of all UN staff, retirees and eligible dependents to keep your self-insured health plan sustainable. You can help to contain cost by visiting in-network providers who provide medically necessary care at reasonable cost.’ . Services are subject to authorization requirements and determination of medical necessity.
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