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September 15, 2008 |
BC-08-11 |
HHA-08-06 |
| To: | All Blue Cross Contracting Providers |
| From: | Julie Hatesohl, Education Coordinator Institutional Relations Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas, Inc. An Independent Licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association |
| Subject: | New
ID Cards Arriving this Fall, throughout 2009
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The most
recognized health insurance identification card in Kansas is receiving a new
look that makes it even easier for you, your staff and your patients to use.
All Blue
Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas members will receive a newly designed ID card
between mid-October 2008 and Dec. 31, 2009. A significant number of members,
including State of Kansas employees, will have their new ID cards in hand by
their Jan. 1, 2009, effective date.
Information
on the card will be simple to find and easier to understand. This should help
you assure that claims are processed quickly and accurately once we receive
them.
Each of
38 independent Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans have collaborated on the new
design meaning that 100 million Blue members across the country will soon carry
the same, recognizable card. This should make it easier for you to submit
claims for someone carrying a Blue ID card from one of our sister plans.
We are
encouraging our members to show all their health care providers their new ID
card once they receive it, and will provide you tools later this year that can
help with that effort. You also will receive information detailing the changes
between the new and old ID cards and training opportunities will be provided
via our Web site. Please watch www.bcbsks.com for more information.
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