The BCBSGa Difference
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The health of your business depends on the health of your employees. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia leads your business and your employees to better health with innovative, effective health benefit and improvement programs. With local service and the efficiency of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield brand, we deliver measurable results and real value─now and for the long term. The value we bring gives you all the advantages of our core strengths, and helps you meet the health benefit needs of your employees and your company.
Local presence
 | Headquarters: Atlanta |
| President: Morgan Kendrick |
| Associates: Over 3,000 front-line associates state-wide |
| Membership: Largest insurer in Georgia with ~3 million members |
| Serving Georgia since 1937 |
Extensive provider networks
| Largest insurer in Georgia1 |
| PPO: Over 16,000 physicians; Over 169 hospitals2 |
| HMO/POS: Over 13,000 physicians; Over 130 hospitals2 |
| Open Access HMO/POS: Over 14,000 physicians; Over 150 hospitals2 |
| Access to more than 90% of hospitals and more than 80% of physicians across the country through the BlueCard® program3 |
| Access to an extensive retail network of approximately 56,000 participating pharmacies across the country, including most major chains as well as many independent neighborhood pharmacies4 |
| Blue View VisionSM offers access to a convenient, national network of more than 50,000 providers and provider locations. And the network includes the ideal mix of both independent practitioners as well as popular retail locations like LensCrafters®, Target Optical®, Sears OpticalSM, JCPenney® Optical and Pearle Vision ®. |
Innovative health plans
| Health, prescription drug, dental, vision, life, disability, EAP and wellness programs |
| A wide range of traditional (HMO, PPO and POS) and innovative Consumer-Driven Health (HSA, HRA and HIA) plans |
| Mail order pharmacy and generic premium programs |
| Worksite wellness programs |
| Discounts on healthy living products and services |
Integrated care management programs
| 360 Health® integrates health and wellness programs and services to create a holistic, integrated approach to improved health. |
| Online Health Risk Assessment |
| 24-Hour NurseLineSM |
Consumer education
| Transparency educates consumers about their health, health care spending and quality including prescription drug and local pharmacy pricing, and facility-specific pricing for common procedures. |
| Anthem Care Comparison provides access to cost information on nearly 35 inpatient and outpatient procedures and quality measures for more than 160 inpatient procedures. |
| Zagat Health Survey lets consumers share their physician experiences related to trust, communication, availability and environment. |
Cutting-edge technology
| Online self-service tools that save time for employers and members 24/7 |
| Web enrollment |
| Simplified claims processing |
Service that exceeds expectations
| 96.5% of claims are processed in 14 days |
| 99.49% claims dollar accuracy |
| Member service hours: 7 a.m. – 7 p.m. |
| Claims status available 24/7 via telephone or Internet |
1 Quarterly Provider Count Report
2 http://www.bcbsga.com/about
3 Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association http://www.bcbs.com/about
4 Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, April 2009 state-by-state pharmacy network participation report
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