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Enrolled for 2025? Here’s What to Expect Next

BCBSOK Connect Team October 28, 2024

This article is intended for members enrolled in an individual health insurance plan. When you enrolled in your 2025 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma (BCBSOK) health plan, you started a chain reaction.* We have been hard at work for several...
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Need to See a Specialist?

BCBSOK Connect Team October 28, 2024

When you’re not feeling well, you might call your primary care doctor. With a little care, your doctor may have you on the road to recovery in no time. But what if your health issue is more serious? Your primary care doctor may say you need to ....
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Customer Survey Results: How Did We Do?

BCBSOK Connect Team October 28, 2024

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma conducts an ongoing phone survey to find out what our members think about their health plan. Every month, members are asked about their interaction with their health plan and their doctors and hospitals. We...
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Check Out the New, Improved BCBSOK App

BCBSOK Connect Team October 21, 2024

The new BCBSOK App now offers access to more of your health plan information in one place. Our mobile app allows you to access your medical and pharmacy benefits information in one app. And if you have vision or dental coverage with us, you can also...
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Save Money With a Preferred Pharmacy

BCBSOK Connect Team October 18, 2024

Did you know your health plan may offer a preferred pharmacy network? When you use a preferred pharmacy, you pay the lowest out-of-pocket cost on covered prescription drugs. With your Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma prescription drug plan...
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Everything You Need to Know About Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts

BCBSOK Connect Team October 4, 2024

Along with acronyms for preferred provider organizations (PPOs) and health maintenance organizations (HMOs), add two more to your list. Both can help you pay doctor's bills and save money. Health savings accounts (HSAs) and flexible spending accounts...
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What Is 3D Mammography?

BCBSOK Connect Team October 1, 2024

Women have choices when it comes to breast cancer screenings. A standard mammogram every one or two years is the recommended best practice for early detection. It can detect breast cancer up to three years before it can be felt. Since their introduc...
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What Is an HMO?

BCBSOK Connect Team September 24, 2024

If you're looking for a health plan that's easy to understand, easy to use and easy on your wallet, an HMO may be just what you need for you and your family. It’s Simple An HMO — or health maintenance organization — keeps costs low ...
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HMO Members: Learn About Your Out-of-Network Health Care Options

BCBSOK Connect Team September 23, 2024

This article is intended for HMO members enrolled in an employer health insurance plan. BlueLincs HMOSM members are required to get prior authorization or precertification for services that are not done by your primary care physician (PCP). You&rsquo...
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Are Your Doctors Talking to Each Other?

BCBSOK Connect Team September 23, 2024

Finding and treating eye disease early is key to maintaining good vision. Screening for diabetic eye disease has saved many people from developing poor vision or even going blind. A complete exam by an ophthalmologist or optometrist can detect early...
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PPO Members: Learn About Your Out-of-Network Health Care Options

BCBSOK Connect Team September 23, 2024

This article is intended for PPO members enrolled in an employer health insurance plan. As a Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma PPO member, you get the highest level of benefits and have lower out-of-pocket costs by staying in your health plan&rs...
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It’s Open Enrollment — Time to Choose Your 2025 Plan

BCBSOK Connect Team September 23, 2024

The open enrollment period can be confusing. Premiums. Deductibles. Coinsurance. Networks. We can help. Here are three important steps to help you prepare for this year’s open enrollment for health insurance coverage. Step 1: Make Note of the .....
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Know Where to Go When Minutes Count, or Anytime

BCBSOK Connect Team September 23, 2024

It’s important to know where to go when you need care. Sometimes the choice is clear. If you’re having signs of a heart attack or stroke, it’s best to go to an emergency room (ER). But what if you have a sore throat? Or an upset sto...
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Know Your Colorectal Cancer Screening Options

BCBSOK Connect Team September 23, 2024

Getting screened for colon cancer is an important way to protect your health. Colon cancer is the third leading cause of cancer death in the U.S. But colon cancer can be successfully treated when it is found and treated early. Until it grows or sprea...
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Save Money on Prescriptions with Medication Finder

BCBSOK Connect Team September 18, 2024

The cost of prescription medicines is always a hot topic. Most of us have experienced sticker shock at least once when we’ve filled a prescription. So, it’s not surprising that one in four Americans say it’s hard to pay for their me...
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