Plan highlights
2024 highlights

Everything you need and more of what you want in 2024

Doctors: RI’s largest Medicare Advantage network

  • $0 preventive care in-network
  • $0 visits to your primary care provider at a PCMH

Can’t get to the doctor’s office?

  • Online doctor visits, 24/7, are still $01
  • Or use your $0 private rides to the doctor and other places that support your health and well-being2

Pharmacy: several ways to save on prescriptions

  • $0 drug deductible
  • Save at preferred pharmacies. Find a preferred pharmacy near you.
  • $0 generic drugs for BlueCHiP for Medicare Value (HMO-POS) and HealthMate for Medicare (PPO) members
  • $0 mail order generic drugs on all plans with pharmacy benefits3
  • $20 preferred insulin copay (30-day supply) or $50 (90-day). Copays remain consistent through the coverage gap4

Dental: coverage built into all plansEnhanced

  • 90% of Rhode Island dentists in the BCBSRI network
  • $0 preventive and comprehensive services on covered benefits, including annual cleanings, root canals, and periodontal services5
  • Annual benefit maximum increases to $1,500 for BlueCHiP for Medicare Value members

Hearing: annual hearing aids starting at $0New

  • 2 new hearing aids annually, starting at $0, with a broad choice from top brands6
  • $0 routine office visits and annual hearing exams

Vision: more convenient, affordable benefitsNew

  • We’ve partnered with EyeMed7 to offer you a more convenient and more affordable vision hardware benefit
  • No need to swipe a card or wait for a reimbursement
  • $0 routine vision care coverage
  • $200 or more for contacts, lenses, and frames
  • Additional savings when you buy from an EyeMed provider

New Flexible Benefit Card

  • All members can expect a new Flexible Benefit Card for 2024—it will look like this
  • Hundreds of over-the-counter (OTC) everyday health items
  • Use your new card at CVS Pharmacy®, Walmart, Shaw’s, Rite Aid, Walgreens, among other retailers8
  • Use your card to pay dental and hearing balances when needed

$0 private rides

  • Schedule no-cost rides2 to the places that support your health and well-being: primary care providers, specialists, senior and community centers, libraries, and Your Blue StoreSM

$0 gym benefit with Silver&Fit®

  • 16,500 fitness centers across the country—including Healthtrax, YMCA, Planet Fitness, Anytime Fitness9
  • 50+ centers across the Rhode Island area
  • $0 home fitness kits

$0 meal deliveries to your home

  • Receive a week's worth of healthy prepared meals after a hospital or skilled nursing facility (SNF) stay from Millonzi Fine Catering.10

1In the case of an emergency, you should always call 911.

2Available within our service area for HMO & HMO-POS plans only/PPO plan has out-of-service benefit of 50% coinsurance/trip. Any trip over 20 miles will count as additional trips and will be subtracted from your 24 trip total.

3Pay $0 copay for a 90-day supply of many generic drugs in Tiers 1 & 2. Your actual savings depend on the drugs you take. Call our Medicare Concierge team at (401) 277-2958 or 1-800-267-0439 (TTY: 711) for more information on mail order options. Available with all plans except BlueCHiP for Medicare Core.

4Preferred insulins are located on Tier 3 of our formulary. Tier 4 formulary insulins will have a $35 copay for a 30-day supply and a $105 copay for a 90-day supply.

5All preventive and comprehensive services must be provided by an in-network plan-contracted dentist.

6Hearing benefit is administered through NationsHearing.

7EyeMed Vision Care is an independent company, contracted by Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island to provide vision hardware benefit management services.

8Retailers current as of July 1, 2023.

9The Silver&Fit program is provided by American Specialty Health Fitness, Inc., a subsidiary of American Specialty Health Incorporated (ASH). Silver&Fit is a trademark of ASH and used with permission herein. The people in this piece are not Silver&Fit members. Participating facilities and fitness chains may vary by location and are subject to change.

10Get a week's worth of meals delivered to your door up to four times a year when you get home from an inpatient hospital stay or skilled nursing facility (SNF). For more information on the meals program, call (401) 615-7891.