2024 Blue Cross and Blue Shield Service Benefit Plan - Standard and Basic Option
Section 5(i). Services, Drugs, and Supplies Provided Overseas
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Section 5(i). Services, Drugs, and Supplies Provided Overseas
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Send any written inquiries concerning drugs you purchase overseas to: Blue Cross and Blue Shield Service Benefit Plan Retail Pharmacy Program, P.O. Box 52057, Phoenix, AZ 85072-2057. You may obtain FEP Retail Prescription Drug Overseas Claim forms for your drug purchases by visiting our website, www.fepblue.org, by writing to the address above, or by calling us at 888-999-9862, using the AT&T Direct Access Code of the country from which you are calling.
While overseas, you may be able to order your prescription drugs through the Mail Service Prescription Drug Program or our Specialty Drug Pharmacy Program as long as all of the following conditions are met:
See Section 5(f) for more information about Preferred retail pharmacies with online ordering options, the Mail Service Prescription Drug Program, and the Specialty Drug Pharmacy Program.
The Mail Service Prescription Drug Program is available to Standard Option members and to Basic Option members with primary Medicare Part B coverage.
Note: In most cases, temperature-sensitive drugs cannot be sent to APO/FPO addresses due to the special handling they require.
Note: We are unable to ship drugs, through either our Mail Service Prescription Drug Program or our Specialty Drug Pharmacy Program, to overseas countries that have laws restricting the importation of prescription drugs from any other country. This is the case even when a valid APO or FPO address is available. If you are living in such a country, you may obtain your prescription drugs from a local overseas pharmacy and submit a claim to us for reimbursement by faxing it to 001-480-614-7674 or filing it via our website at www.fepblue.org/myblue.
While overseas, you may be able to order your prescription drugs through the Mail Service Prescription Drug Program or our Specialty Drug Pharmacy Program as long as all of the following conditions are met:
- Your address includes a U.S. ZIP code (such as with APO and FPO addresses and in U.S. territories),
- The prescribing physician is licensed in the United States, Puerto Rico, or the U.S. Virgin Islands, and has a National Provider Identifier (NPI), and
- Delivery of the prescription is permitted by law and is in accordance with the manufacturer’s guidelines.
See Section 5(f) for more information about Preferred retail pharmacies with online ordering options, the Mail Service Prescription Drug Program, and the Specialty Drug Pharmacy Program.
The Mail Service Prescription Drug Program is available to Standard Option members and to Basic Option members with primary Medicare Part B coverage.
Note: In most cases, temperature-sensitive drugs cannot be sent to APO/FPO addresses due to the special handling they require.
Note: We are unable to ship drugs, through either our Mail Service Prescription Drug Program or our Specialty Drug Pharmacy Program, to overseas countries that have laws restricting the importation of prescription drugs from any other country. This is the case even when a valid APO or FPO address is available. If you are living in such a country, you may obtain your prescription drugs from a local overseas pharmacy and submit a claim to us for reimbursement by faxing it to 001-480-614-7674 or filing it via our website at www.fepblue.org/myblue.