BlueCard® PPO
With BlueCard PPO, you can access in-network Blue Cross and/or Blue Shield doctors and hospitals across the country so you can get the care you need when you need it. By using participating doctors, hospitals and other health care professionals, you will receive the highest level of benefits and minimize your out-of-pocket costs.
The BlueCard PPO program is the premier national Blue Cross and/or Blue Shield Preferred Provider Program that links together more than 600,000 network doctors and 6,000 network hospitals in 48 states. This is a seamless network that affords members the ability to use any network doctor or network hospital in any location. So, for instance, a member that lives in Florida can use network providers in Georgia or any other state, just as if he or she was home. The network also includes hospitals and doctors abroad to make international travel more comforting.
Do I need to choose a PCP?
With BlueCard PPO, members do not need to select a Primary Care Physician, and referrals are not needed to access specialty care. Members can access any network doctor or hospital at any time and enjoy the in-network level of benefits. Members can also use any doctor or hospital not in the network and receive an out-of-network level of coverage.
Easy Service—No Hassles
When using BlueCard PPO doctors and hospitals, members have no claim forms to file and virtually no paperwork. All BlueCard PPO providers will handle all of the paperwork for them.
Finding in-network doctors and hospitals
Members can access BlueCard PPO network doctors and hospitals several ways. Members can access information about network providers, including directions to their location with the National Doctor and Hospital Finder. Members can also call the BlueCard Access Line at 1-800-810-BLUE (2583) to access PPO providers. If you are not yet an enrolled member, indicate that you are not yet enrolled but are considering becoming a member.
Portable Benefits Coverage
The BlueCard® PPO program links you directly to care anywhere in the country and in the world. So, whether traveling or living in another state, members can take advantage of their benefits by presenting their ID cards to any participating doctor or hospital. Once enrolled, members simply carry our easily identifiable ID cards with a PPO in a suitcase logo, which lists a toll-free number to help reach a BlueCard PPO provider.
