Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield

Company Profile :

Founded in 1948, the Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield is the largest health insurer in Arkansas, the US, serving nearly 40 percent of the fully insured market. The mutual insurance company, which is a member of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association , is owned by its policyholders rather than by stockholders. Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield's family of companies include BlueAdvantage Administrators of Arkansas, Blue & You Foundation for a Healthier Arkansas, HMO Partners, Inc. (dba Health Advantage), and others. On its recognition, the A.M. Best rating agency has upgraded the financial strength rating of Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield to A (Excellent) from A- (Excellent) in November 2005. The Arkansas Blue Cross and its family of affiliated companies have more than 2,800 employees.

Products and Services :

The insurance plans and services of Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield include:

1. Individuals and Family Health Plans [These are low-cost health insurance plans for Individuals (only for residents of Arkansas) below 65 years of age and their families who are not covered by Medicare (available only to residents of Arkansas]. These include:

• Short-Term Blue Plan

• BlueChoice Plan

• Blue Solution PPO Plan

• BasicBlue Plan

• HSA Blue PPO Plan

• BlueCare Dental

2. Employee Group Plans including:

• BlueAdvantage

• Comprehensive Major Medical

• Blue-by-design

• DentalBlue

• Group BasicBlue®

• Health Advantage

• Managed Pharmacy

• MyChoice Blue

• TrueBlue PPO

3. Medicare Beneficiary Plans including:

• Medicare Supplemental Health Insurance (Medi-Pak) for those aged 65 and over, and other Medicare-eligible individuals.

• Medi-Pak Rx (Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage) for Medicare beneficiaries.

3. Dental Plans including:

• BlueCare Dental for individuals and families

• DentalBlue for employee group

4. Long Term Care Insurance including Blue Secure Long Term Care Insurance

5. Value-Added Health Plans and Services including:

• Blue & You (Member magazine)

• BlueCard (program to extend health-care benefits while the insured is temporarily out of his/her plan's service area, by using participating BlueCard® providers)

• HealthConnect Blue (Health information and interactive health coaching)

• Health Education Programs (such as Cardiovascular, Diabetes, Low Back Pain, Respiratory, and others)

• The Healthy Weigh! (to assist members in their weight-loss efforts)

• My Blueprint (Web self-service)

• Subrogation (If a member is injured because of someone else's negligence or fault, Arkansas Blue Cross can seek reimbursement from the responsible party)

Contact :

Call: Customer Service (main line) 501-378-2010 (Little Rock) 1-800-238-8379 (Toll Free)

Address: Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield, P.O. Box 218, Little Rock, AR 72203-2181