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Retiree Plans

Helpful Tools for You

Use these helpful tools to find a doctor, hospital or pharmacy near you.

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Find a Doctor or Hospital

Search Provider Finder® to find the most up-to-date network of doctors, specialists, hospitals and other health care providers. Be sure to schedule your annual wellness visit with your primary care provider (PCP) soon after your coverage effective date. Use this checklist to guide the conversation.

Blue Cross Group Medicare Advantage (PPO)

Blue Cross Group Medicare Advantage Open Access (PPO)

Blue Cross Group Medicare Advantage (HMO)

BlueSecure℠ Retiree Group Supplemental Medical Plan

Find a Dentist

Your Group Retiree Medicare Advantage plan may offer dental benefits. Search to find the most up-to-date network of dentists near you.

Find a Provider while Traveling Internationally

If you require medical treatment while out of the country, you are only covered in an emergency, per Medicare rules . The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Global Core program gives members traveling outside of the United States and its territories access to urgent and emergency medical assistance services and doctors and hospitals in more than 200 countries around the world. If you have questions about what medical care is covered when you travel, call Customer Service or access information at bcbsglobalcore.com .

Global Core Claim Form

Prescription Drug Benefit Tools

Already a Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois member?

Log in to Blue Access for Members℠ to check your drug list and learn more about your prescription drug benefits. Be sure to read your benefit materials for details. If you have any questions about your prescription drug benefits, call the number listed on your member ID card.

Thinking about enrolling in a retiree plan?

Check the drug list and find retail pharmacies near you using our MyPrime drug and pharmacy finder tools.

Drug Finder Tool

Pharmacy Finder Tool

Try Home Delivery

Stay on your medication schedule and save time with home delivery. Prescriptions are shipped to you at no cost. This service offers:

  • Three ways to order refills: online, by phone or through the mail.
  • Up to a 90-day supply of your long-term medicine mailed at one time.
  • A choice to get a text, email or phone call to let you know when your order is received, and your prescriptions are mailed.

Choose from three home delivery pharmacies:

Amazon Pharmacy

Express Scripts® Pharmacy

Walgreens Mail Service

Specialty Pharmacy

Specialty drugs are often prescribed to treat complex and/or chronic conditions. They have unique shipping or handling needs. You may be able to fill specialty prescriptions at certain retail pharmacies if they stock the medication. You also can use one of two specialty pharmacy options:

Accredo

Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy

Public Assistance Programs

Public assistance programs include:

  • SHIP — State Health Insurance Assistance Programs
  • QIO — Quality Improvement Organizations
  • Medicaid State Agencies
  • SPA — State Pharmaceutical Assistance Programs
  • ADAP — AIDS Drug Assistance Programs

Find a public assistance program in your state.

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Group Retiree Solutions

Are You an Employer or Benefits Administrator?

Looking for Medicare plans for your retirees? Learn more about the Group Retiree Medicare coverage choices offered by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois.

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BlueSecure, a retiree group supplemental medical plan, is offered by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois, a Division of Health Care Service Corporation, a Mutual Legal Reserve Company, an Independent Licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. Not connected with or endorsed by the U.S. Government or Federal Medicare Program.

Prime Therapeutics LLC provides pharmacy benefit management services for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois, as well as several independent Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans, has an ownership interest in Prime Therapeutics LLC. MyPrime.com is a pharmacy benefit website owned and operated by Prime Therapeutics LLC, a separate company providing pharmacy benefit management services for your plan.

Amazon Pharmacy is contracted to provide pharmacy home delivery services to Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois.

Express Scripts® Pharmacy is a pharmacy that is contracted to provide mail pharmacy services to members of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois. Express Scripts® Pharmacy is a trademark of Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.

Walgreens Mail Service is contracted to provide mail pharmacy services to members of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois. 

Accredo is a specialty pharmacy that is contracted to provide services to members of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois. Accredo is a trademark of Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.

Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy is contracted to provide specialty pharmacy services to members of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois.