POMCO
TO REPLACE BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD JANAUARY 1, 2008
Effective January 1,
2008, SWSCHP will
change its Hospital and Medical claims administrator
from Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield to POMCO. Members
will receive new ID cards from POMCO prior to January
2008. We expect service and responsiveness to improve.
Our SWSCHP Hospital, Medical and Prescription Drug Benefits
Plan will not change as a result of our move to POMCO.
90 to 95% of the providers used by our members also
participate with the POMCO/Multiplan/PHCS Allied Networks.
EMPIRE will continue to process
all hospital and medical claims for dates of service
incurred before January 1, 2008.
Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield
PO Box 1407-Church Street Station
New York, N.Y. 10008-1407
1-800-6-SWSCHP
1-800-679-7247
Effective January 1, 2008, POMCO
will process all hospital and medical claims for dates
of service incurred after December 31, 2007.
POMCO PO Box 6329
Syracuse, New York 13217
1-888-P-SWSCHP
1-888-779-7247
(Telephone # Operational Monday, December 3, 2007)
MEDCO continues to be the pharmaceutical
benefits manager for SWSCHP to provide prescription
drug services to our members. Medco’s participating
pharmacies fill prescriptions for all approved medications
at the retail pharmacy, at its mail order pharmacy or,
in regard to certain Specialty Drugs, through the Accredo
Specialty Pharmacy. SWSCHP encourages our members to
use the mail order pharmacy for all maintenance drugs.
To see if your doctor/provider
participates, click
here. Then click on POMCO/Multiplan Allied. Remember,
providers’ network memberships can change; it
is always a good idea to verify with your doctor/provider
directly.
If you are unable to find your
provider on the POMCO website, please click
here. Go to, "search on-line" and follow
the directions. (This is a provider search engine only).
If you don’t see your
provider/s listed at either site, you will want them
to become participants. To do this easily, click
here and click on "Recruit a Provider".
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