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FEHB Facts
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Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Section 5
5(a). Medical Services and Supplies Provided by Physicians and Other Healthcare Professionals
5(b). Surgical and Anesthesia Services Provided by Physicians and Other Healthcare Professionals
5(c). Services Provided by a Hospital or Other Facility, and Ambulance Services
5(d). Emergency Services/Accidents
5(e). Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Benefits
5(f). Prescription Drug Benefits
5(g). Dental Benefits
5(h). Wellness and Other Special Features
5(i). Services, Drugs, and Supplies Provided Overseas
Non-FEHB Benefits Available to Plan Members
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
Section 9
Section 10
Index
Summary of Benefits – FEP Blue Focus
2025 Rate Information
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2025 Blue Cross and Blue Shield Service Benefit Plan - FEP Blue Focus
Section 5(a). Medical Services and Supplies Provided by Physicians and Other Healthcare Professionals
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Benefit Description

Preventive Care, Child (cont.)
  • You may also find a complete list of preventive care services recommended under the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) A and B recommendations online at https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation-topics/uspstf-a-and-b-recommendations.
     
  • To build your personalized list of preventive services, go to https://health.gov/myhealthfinder
     
  • Nutritional counseling
     
Note: Preventive care benefits for each of the services listed below are limited to one per calendar year:
 
  • Screening for hepatitis B for children age 13 and over
     
  • Screening for chlamydial infection
     
  • Screening for gonorrhea infection
     
  • Cervical cancer screening tests
     
    • Human papillomavirus (HPV) tests of the cervix
       
    • Pap tests of the cervix
       
  • Screening for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection
     
  • Screening for syphilis infection
     
  • Screening for latent tuberculosis infection for children ages 18 through 21

Note: If your child receives both preventive and diagnostic services from a Preferred provider on the same day, you are responsible for paying the cost-share for the diagnostic services.

Note: When nutritional counseling is via the contracted telehealth provider network, we provide benefits as shown here for Preferred providers. Refer to Section 5(h), Wellness and Other Special Features, for information on how to access a telehealth provider.

Any procedure, injection, diagnostic service, laboratory, or X-ray service done in conjunction with a routine examination and not included in the preventive listing of services will be subject to the applicable member copayments, coinsurance, and deductible.


You Pay
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Notes:
 
  • For services billed by Non-preferred providers (Participating/Non-participating) related to influenza (flu) vaccines, we pay the Plan allowance. If you receive the influenza (flu) vaccine from a Non-participating provider, you pay any difference between our allowance and the billed amount (no deductible).
     
  • When billed by a facility, such as the outpatient department of a hospital, we provide benefits as shown here, according to the contracting status of the facility.

 

Benefit Description

Obesity counseling, screening and referral to intensive nutrition and behavioral weight-loss therapy, or counseling under the USPSTF A and B recommendations are covered as part of prevention and treatment of obesity as follows:
 
  • Unlimited nutritional counseling including nutritional counseling via the contracted telehealth provider network
     
  • Unlimited visits for counseling on prevention and reducing health risks
     
  • Unlimited visits for individual and group behavioral counseling for obesity
     
  • And, for those children or adolescents with a body mass index (BMI) at or above the 85th percentile, unlimited family-centered programs when medically identified to support obesity prevention and management by an in-network provider.

Notes:
 
  • Benefits are available for anti-obesity medications. See Section 5(f).


You Pay
Preferred: Nothing (no deductible)

Non-preferred (Participating/Non-participating): You pay all charges

 

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