- Allows early prescription drug refills
- Extends deadlines for claims submissions
- Allows 30 day extension to pay premiums for members
DURHAM, N.C. – In anticipation of the effects of Hurricane Irma, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (Blue Cross NC) is taking steps to ensure customers’ health care coverage needs are uninterrupted by the storm.
“Member health and safety are our primary concern, and we are taking these steps to help customers focus on their most immediate needs,” Blue Cross NC President and CEO Brad Wilson said. “These steps will ensure that our customers can get the health care and medications they need during and after the storm.”
As we are currently under a state of emergency in North Carolina, Blue Cross NC is allowing members in North Carolina to get an early prescription drug refill or replace a lost or destroyed prescription.
If a state of disaster is issued, the following policies will be put in place for the affected counties:
- Allow members and employers within the disaster area to delay paying their premiums for 30 days.
- We will provide a 30-day extension for deadlines related to:
- Submission of claims;
- Filing of appeals;
- Requests for authorization of medical services
- Additions of newborn and adopted children to a medical policy.
Members within a disaster area who might need additional flexibility on premium payments, medications or other requirements should call the customer service number on the back of their member card.
Please remember: Blue Cross NC always advises members to go to the nearest hospital in an emergency.
About Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina:
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina improves the health and well-being of our customers and communities through innovative health care products, insurance, services and information to more than 3.6 million members, including approximately 1 million served on behalf of other Blue Plans. Since 1933, we have worked to make North Carolina a better place to live through our support of community organizations, programs and events that promote good health. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. Visit Blue Cross online at bcbsnc.com. All other marks are the property of their respective owners.
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