Blue Cross definition

Blue Cross means BCBSM, Inc., d/b/a Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, and all of its administrators, representatives, employees, directors, officers, agents, attorneys, parents and divisions;
Blue Cross means Defendant Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Montana, Inc., a Montana corporation based in Helena, Montana, its successors and assigns, and its subsidiaries, divisions, groups, affiliates, partnerships, and joint ventures, and their respective directors, officers, managers, agents, and employees.
Blue Cross means BCBSM, Inc., d/b/a Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, and all of its employees, directors, officers, attorneys, parents, and divisions. BCBSM, Inc. represents that it is an independent corporation operating under license from Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, an association of independent Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans (the "Association"), permitting BCBSM, Inc. to use the Blue Cross and Blue Shield service marks in Minnesota, and that BCBSM, Inc. is not serving as an agent of the Association or any other Blue Cross/Blue Shield Plans in entering into this Settlement Agreement;

Examples of Blue Cross in a sentence

  • Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association.

  • Most providers (“participating providers”) contract with the local Blue Cross and/or Blue Shield Plan in that geographic area (“Host Blue”).

  • Generally, these relationships are called “Inter-Plan Arrangements.” These Inter-Plan Arrangements work based on rules and procedures issued by the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (“Association”).

  • Independent licensees of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association.

  • The Blue Cross Blue Shield Global Core is unlike the BlueCard Program available in the BlueCard service area in certain ways.

  • For instance, although the Blue Cross Blue Shield Global Core assists you with accessing a network of inpatient, outpatient and professional providers, the network is not served by a Host Blue.

  • A Member must contact Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming at (800) 442‐2376 to obtain Authorization before receiving these Healthcare Services.

  • The Blue Cross and Blue Shield names and symbols are registered marks of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association.

  • If you, or someone you’re helping, has questions about Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island, you have the right to get help and information in your language at no cost.

  • Spanish: Si usted, o alguien a quien usted está ayudando, tiene preguntas acerca de Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island, tiene derecho a obtener ayuda e información en su idioma sin costo alguno.


More Definitions of Blue Cross

Blue Cross means Medavie Blue Cross and its agents in Canada.
Blue Cross. ’ means any consolidated hospital and medical service corpora- tion in existence on July 1, 1982, and any successors.
Blue Cross means any consolidated hospital and medical service corporation in existence on July 1, 1982, and any successors.
Blue Cross is defined in the introductory paragraph.

Related to Blue Cross

  • Participating Pharmacy means a pharmacy that has entered into a prescription drug plan agreement with the Pharmacy Benefit Manager listed on your identification card.

  • Pharmacist means an individual licensed by this state to compound and dispense drugs, prescriptions, and poisons.

  • Pharmacy means prescribed drugs and medicines dispensed by a pharmacist and/or travel and allergy vaccines dispensed by a pharmacist or doctor.

  • CMS means the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

  • Audiologist means an individual who is licensed by a state to practice audiology.

  • Medical provider means a medical service provider, a hospital, a medical clinic, or a vendor of medical services.

  • Orthotics means the science and practice of evaluating, measuring, designing, fabricating, assembling, fitting, adjusting, or servicing an orthosis under an order from a licensed physician or podiatrist for the correction or alleviation of neuromuscular or musculoskeletal dysfunction, disease, injury, or deformity.

  • Medical personnel means those persons assigned, by a Party to the conflict, exclusively to the medical purposes enumerated under subparagraph (e) or to the administration of medical units or to the operation or administration of medical transports. Such assignments may be either permanent or temporary. The term includes:

  • Network pharmacy means any pharmacy that has an agreement to accept our pharmacy allowance for prescription drugs and diabetic equipment/supplies covered under this agreement. All other pharmacies are NON-NETWORK PHARMACIES. The one exception and for the purpose of specialty Prescription Drugs, only specialty pharmacies that have an agreement to accept our pharmacy allowance are network pharmacies and all others pharmacies are non-network pharmacies.

  • ATS means an alternative trading system, as defined in Rule 300(a)(1) of Regulation ATS under the Exchange Act.

  • Participating Hospice Care Program Provider means a Hospice Care Program Provider that either: (i) has a written agreement with the Claim Administrator or another Blue Cross and/or Blue Shield to provide services to participants in this benefits program, or; (ii) a Hospice Care Program Provider which has been designated by a Blue Cross and/or Blue Shield Plan as a Participating Provider Option program.

  • Licensed mental health professional or "LMHP" means a physician, licensed clinical psychologist, licensed professional counselor, licensed clinical social worker, licensed substance abuse treatment practitioner, licensed marriage and family therapist, certified psychiatric clinical nurse specialist, licensed behavior analyst, or licensed psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner.

  • Medical professional means a person licensed to practice

  • Pharmacist services means products, goods, and services, or any combination of products, goods, and services, provided as a part of the practice of pharmacy.

  • Qualified medical provider means the same as that term is defined in Section 26-61a-102.

  • Hospital pharmacist means an Iowa-licensed pharmacist who meets the requirements for participating in a hospital practice protocol as determined by the hospital’s P&T committee.

  • Orthodontic means a type of specialist dental treatment carried out by an orthodontist that diagnoses, prevents and corrects mispositioned teeth and jaws and misaligned bite patterns.

  • Pharmacist intern or “intern” means a person enrolled in a college of pharmacy or actively pursuing a pharmacy degree, or as otherwise provided by the board, who is registered with the board for the purpose of obtaining instruction in the practice of pharmacy from a preceptor pursuant to Iowa Code section 155A.6. “Pharmacist-intern” includes a graduate of an approved college of pharmacy, or a foreign graduate who has established educational equivalency pursuant to the requirements of rule 657—4.7(155A), who is registered with the board for the purpose of obtaining practical experience as a requirement for licensure as a pharmacist in Iowa. “Pharmacist-intern” may include an individual participating in a residency or fellowship program in Iowa, whether or not the individual is licensed as a pharmacist in another state.

  • School-sponsored media means all student media that are:

  • Home health aide services means the personal care and maintenance activities provided to individuals for the purpose of promoting normal standards of health and hygiene.

  • Non-Participating Hospice Care Program Provider means a Hospice Care Program Provider that either: (i) does not have a written agreement with the Claim Administrator or another Blue Cross and/or Blue Shield to provide services to participants in this benefits program, or; (ii) a Hospice Care Program Provider which has not been designated by a Blue Cross and/or Blue Shield Plan as a Participating Provider Option program.

  • HMO means any health maintenance organization, managed care organization, any Person doing business as a health maintenance organization or managed care organization, or any Person required to qualify or be licensed as a health maintenance organization or managed care organization under applicable federal or state law (including, without limitation, HMO Regulations).

  • Authorized medical physicist means an individual who:

  • Board of pharmacy or “board” means the State Board of Pharmacy.

  • Medical services means Medically Necessary services, including, as the context requires, Confinement, treatments, procedures, tests, examinations or other related services for the investigation or treatment of a Disability.

  • Pharmacy services means the practice of pharmacy as defined in chapter 18.64 RCW and includes any drugs or devices as defined in chapter 18.64 RCW.