CEO SUMMARY: This new policy from the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) becomes effective on October 14, 2012. No longer can a local lab provide service to a member under the BlueCard program and be paid by the local plan in the region where the service was provided. Some regional BCBS plans have […]
New BlueCard Policies Affect Lab Test Claims
Many local clinical labs will have less access to the 100 million members of Blue Cross plans
- By Joseph Burns
- > From the Volume XIX No. 10 - July 16, 2012 Issue
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