2025 Blue Cross and Blue Shield Service Benefit Plan - FEP Blue Focus
Section 2. Changes for 2025
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Section 2. Changes for 2025
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Section 2. Changes for 2025
Do not rely only on these change descriptions; this Section is not an official statement of benefits. For that, go to Section 5 (Benefits). Also, we edited and clarified language throughout the brochure; any language change not shown here is a clarification that does not change benefits.
Changes to our FEP Blue Focus
- We will no longer combine the separate Medicare Prescription Drug Program catastrophic protection out-of-pocket maximum, to the regular medical catastrophic protection out-of-pocket maximum. (See pages 31 and 94.)
- You will no longer have a copayment for telehealth professional services when obtained through our preferred telehealth provider. (See pages 37 and 82.)
- Under our family planning services, we will now provide coverage for salpingectomies. (See page 45.)
- Under our gender affirming surgical benefits, we now provide coverage for suction-assisted chest lipectomy related to a mastectomy. (See page 57.)
- We have reduced the pharmacy drug catastrophic protection out-of-pocket maximum to $2,000 for FEP Blue Focus members enrolled in the FEP Medicare Prescription Drug Program. (See page 94.)
- We will now waive the $10 per visit copayments for care you receive overseas. (See page 107.)
- We now waive the cost-shares associated with the care you received in the outpatient department of an overseas emergency room. (See page 107.)