Blue Cross and Blue Shield of South Carolina

Company Profile :

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of South Carolina has evolved into a major health insurance company over a time of 50 years (three people, George Lewis Smith, Roger Huntington, and George Buchanan had conceived the idea a non-profit prepaid hospital plan for the Palmetto State) and has been in service of the citizens of Palmetto.

BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, while BlueChoice HealthPlan is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina.

Products and Services :

1. Plans for individuals, families and those under 65 years of age including:

• Personal Blue Plans (such as Plan 1, Plan 2, Plan 3, and Plan 4).This includes up to $2 million in lifetime protection, flexibility in choice of doctors, prescription drug coverage, optional maternity coverage, optional accident coverage, and others

• Short Term Health Plan (featuring maximum $5,000 for covered expenses for inpatient mental and nervous disorder treatment, inpatient hospital expenses, outpatient hospital expenses, ambulance services, prescription drugs, and others)

• Long Term Care (Care Directions Simplicity long-term insurance covering nursing home, assisted living, home care, bed reservation, and others)

• Medicare Supplement - Blue Select

• Medicare Supplement – Standard Plan

2. Dental Coverage

3. The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Service Benefit Plan (also known as Federal Employee Program or FEP ) offers a variety of health plans for eligible federal employees and retirees

4 . Health Plans for 2-50 Employers include:

• Personal Blue Business Plan

• Preferred Blue (PPO)

• Health Savings Accounts

• True Blue Partnership

5 . Health Plans for 2-50 Employers include:

• Preferred Blue (PPO)

• Blue-by-Design

• Simply Blue

• Blue Health Fund

6. Mental Health and Substance Abuse Benefits (provided by Companion Benefit Alternatives, Inc. or CBA) covers treatment of behavioral health problems, including depression, anxiety, substance abuse, eating disorders, and others

7. Other benefit programs including BluesEnroll, Flexible Spending Accounts, 24-hour Nurse Advisor, Healthy Vision, Health Risk Appraisal

Contact :

• Call: For Health Claims: 264-2215 in Columbia, SC,

Toll free 1-888-410-2227

• For Dental Claims: 264-3879 in Columbia, SC,

Toll free at 1-800-222-7156

Address: BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina, P.O. Box 100300, Columbia, SC 29202-3300