Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois

Welcome to Medicare Advantage!  We’re glad you’re a Blue Cross Medicare Advantage member.

Here are three steps you can take now to get the most out of your health care plan:

1. Use Your Over-the-Counter Drug Card – If you chose a plan with the OTC card, your card will be sent in the mail with directions. Your card will have a pre-loaded monthly dollar amount and can be used at participating stores. You’ll use your card to pay for items, like vitamins, cough drops, bandages and much more!
2. Join the Rewards and Incentives Program* – As a Blue Cross Medicare Advantage^SM member, you may be able to earn a gift card when you get your Annual Wellness Exam, get a flu shot, and complete other healthy actions. You can start participating today after an easy registration.
3. Schedule your Annual Wellness Exam – With no copay and no cost to you, the Annual Wellness Exam is a great way to take charge of your health, ask questions and get tips from your doctor. Make sure to bring along your Annual Wellness Exam Checklist. You and your doctor can use this tool as a guide during your visit.

Have a few more minutes? Here are three more tools available to you as a Medicare Advantage member:

4. Signup for LifeTimes® – LifeTimes is our quarterly e-newsletter filled with benefit information and articles. You can sign up to start seeing newsletter emails or read the most recent edition found on the LifeTimes website.
5. Call the 24/7 Nurseline – Feeling under the weather? Our nurses can answer your health questions. They can also help you decide if you should go to an urgent care center, the emergency room, or doctor’s office. Plus, when you call, you can access an audio library of more than 1,000 health topics – from allergies to surgeries – with more than 500 topics available in Spanish.
6. Join Blue Access for Members℠ (BAM℠) – BAM is your one-stop online source for your plan details, claim status and benefits. You also will find health and wellness tools. Sign up online using your member number found on your member ID card.

Now that you’ve worked through this list, what’s next for your healthy lifestyle?  Like what you see? Sign up to receive Connect email notifications with articles like these!

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* Registration is required to participate. Visit www.BlueRewardsIL.com to register and see what Heathy Actions earn rewards. Maximum annual rewards of $100 in gift cards. One reward per healthy action per year. Healthy action dates of service must be in the current Plan year.

Disclaimer: Please contact your health plan administrator or health plan customer service department to confirm your coverage, eligibility & benefits. Your customer service department contact info is found on your subscriber id card.

You must continue to pay your Medicare Part B premium. This information is not a complete description of benefits. Contact the plan for more information. Limitations, copayments, and restrictions may apply. Benefits, premiums and/or co-payments/co-insurance may change on January 1 of each year. The formulary, pharmacy network, and/or provider network may change at any time. You will receive notice when necessary.

This information is available for free in other languages. Please call our Customer Service number at 1-877-566-8528 (TTY/TDD users should call 711). We are open between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., local time, 7 days a week. If you are calling from February 15 through September 30, alternate technologies (for example, voicemail) will be used on the weekends and holidays.

Esta información está disponible en otros idiomas de forma gratuita.Comuníquese a nuestro número de Servicio al cliente al 1-877-566-8528 (los usuarios de TTY/TDD deben llamar al 711). Nuestro horario es de 8:00 a.m. a 8:00 p.m., hora local, los 7 días de la semana. Si usted llama del 15 de febrero al 30 de septiembre, durante los fines de semana y feriados, se usarán tecnologías alternas (por ejemplo, correo de voz).

Blue Cross Medicare Advantage plans are HMO, HMO-POS, and PPO plans provided by Health Care Service Corporation, a Mutual Legal Reserve Company (HCSC), an Independent Licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. HCSC is a Medicare Advantage organization with a Medicare contract. Enrollment in HCSC’s plans depends on contract renewal.

HMO, HMO-POS and PPO plans available the following Illinois counties: Cook, DuPage, Kane, Will

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