Understanding Getting Started

The Plan Advisor is a series of questions that can be used to highlight the plans that best fit the selections you make.  The Plan Advisor will not recommend a single plan but can prioritize those that best fit your preferences.

This Plan Advisor can help you find a Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island (BCBSRI) Medicare plan that meets your needs.

Am I in the right place?

  • If you want a plan that only covers Medicare Part D prescription drugs,
    click here to visit our Blue MedicareRx (PDP) website†.
  • If you want just a dental plan, click here to see our Dental Direct plans on the main BCBSRI website†.
  • Si usted lo prefiere en español, haga clic aquí para ver la página BCBS Spanish Medicare en español.
BCBSRI coverage is available only to people who live in Rhode Island.
You do not have to be enrolled in both Medicare Part A and Medicare Part B to use the Plan Advisor. However, if you choose to enroll in a BCBSRI Medicare plan, you have to be enrolled in both Medicare Part A and Medicare Part B.

Understanding Coverage Options

The Plan Advisor can help you choose the type of Medicare plan that's right for you. Then it can help you choose the plan option that best meets your needs.

To read articles about how Medicare works, select a link below:

Understanding Medicare
Decision Making Checklist
Six Tips for Choosing Medicare Coverage

After you review the Plan 65 plans, please visit the Blue MedicareRx (PDP) website† to learn more about adding on a prescription drug plan.

BlueCHiP for Medicare plans are Medicare Advantage plans that combine your Medicare Part A and Medicare B into one health plan—providing more benefits than Original Medicare, including some plans that offer Part D prescription drug coverage.

Plan 65 is a Medicare supplement plan that pays all or some of the coinsurance and deductibles of Original Medicare. With Plan 65, you can see any doctor that accepts Medicare.

Plan 65

Click here to see if your hospital is in the Plan 65 Select network of participating hospitals.

BlueCHiP for Medicare

Need help shopping for insurance?
Local: (401) 351-BLUE (2583)
Toll-free: 1-800-505-BLUE (2583)
TTY: 711
Need help with your Blue Cross Plan?
BlueCHiP for Medicare: 1-800-267-0439
Plan 65: 1-800-639-2227
TTY: 711

Hours:

BlueCHiP for Medicare:  October 1 - February 14: seven days a week, 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.  
February 15 - September 30: Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.  
Plan 65:  Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. 

An automated answering system is available outside these hours.

† By clicking this link, you will leave the BCBSRI website. BCBSRI's privacy policies do not apply to non-BCBSRI websites.

Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island is an HMO plan with a Medicare contract. Enrollment in Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island depends on contract renewal.

Last updated: 12/05/2012

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