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Newspaper
Terre Haute Tribune
Location
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1971
Page
3
Indiana's Blue Cross and Blue Shield will offer a new statewide dental care program next year. Designed with the Indiana Dental Association, it targets groups of 50 or more employees and is open to natural groups not formed solely to obtain coverage.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield partners with the Indiana Dental Association to offer a flexible Dental Care Program for groups of 50 or more employees. Employers can tailor coverages using Basic Block and Blocks A through D for services from exams to orthodontics. Dentists statewide may participate and claims are submitted by the dentist with payment made to the member.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield absorbs rising federal Medicare costs for Medicare Supplement Plus members with no rate increase. The plan covers gaps including the hospital deductible rising to 68, daily coinsurance to 17, post hospitalization care to 8.50, and lifetime benefit days to 34 with 80 percent coverage after deductible. Enrollment ends December 31, 1971 for coverage starting January 1.
Huntington County Hospital becomes the eleventh to join the Indiana Hospital Computer Center. The program, led by Indiana Blue Cross and the Indiana Hospital Association, shares a computerized system to reduce clerical work and overall costs for Blue Cross and Blue Shield members.
The Department of Health Education and Welfare says smoking cannot be made safe but offers five reductions: choose lower tar cigarettes, avoid smoking to the end, take fewer draws, reduce inhaling, and smoke fewer per day. About 250,000 Americans quit yearly on doctor advice, amid rising links to lung cancer and heart disease.
Indiana Blue Cross and Blue Shield distributed over 150000 informational booklets and pamphlets about drug abuse to schools health organizations civic groups hospitals physicians church groups and police departments. Educational films on drug abuse are also provided to these groups.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Service Center located at 120 W Market St Indianapolis IN 46204 operates under American Hospital Association and National Association of Blue Shield Plans guidance.
The Indiana State Association of Life Underwriters reports about 22 000 Hoosiers signed up since last year to donate organs after death. IU Medical Center and Veterans Administration teams would recover usable organs. Blue Cross Blue Shield supports donors and recipients with potential benefits. Program organizers note most volunteers are women.
Answers explain how active duty, adoption, job change, and relocation affect BCBS. Notify service date for active duty, discharge within 31 days grants coverage from day after discharge, 90 days allows wait ing period credit. Adoptive coverage depends on policy type. employer plans differ. Transfer between states possible with Indiana ID number and employment change, credit for continuous membership.
Federal workers in Indiana must select a health care plan by December 31 for themselves and families. Indiana Blue Cross and Blue Shield enrolls 69.1 percent of Hoosier federal employees. if not enrolled, choose Blue Cross and Blue Shield Low Option or High Option before the deadline.
A winter travel note urges Blue Cross and Blue Shield members to carry their international identification card. The card eases handling if accident or illness occurs abroad and is highlighted as a core benefit of membership.
Indiana Blue Cross will cover outpatient physical therapy for its members at Crossroads Rehabilitation Center in Indianapolis under a new participating agreement. Crossroads serves physically, mentally and emotionally handi capped adults and children. Blue Cross president James C. Herod cites quality care and rising use of rehabilitative services as reasons for this first such agreement in Indiana.
Indiana Blue Cross and Blue Shield reports show Indiana hospital costs last year averaged 69.44 dollars per day, below the national 81.01 dollar average. The group cites rate review ahead of changes and ongoing cost-control plans as efforts to curb rising health care expenses.
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