Carefirst Blue Cross Blue Shield offers health coverage to
members in the Maryland, Delaware, and DC area. They also service
portions of Virginia. If you are a member or are interested in becoming a member of Carefirst, check out this website. Recently, Carefirst has made some changes to insure the privacy and protection of their
members. Continuing through the year 2005, Carefirst is issuing new identification numbers to their members. These will not be based on their social security numbers and will protect them from identity theft. To begin accessing the web site, click on the link for Visitors and Members. You’ll find a column of links of news and updates. As a member, you’ll have access to insurance forms, benefit summaries, prescription drugs, status of your claims, even status of your
dependents’ claims, and help in finding a health care provider. The Carefirst web site also provides member handbooks online. They provide general information, but not a full description of your benefits. They are in PDF format; therefore you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader. (It can be downloaded for free at the Adobe web site, http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html .Carefirst also offers a link for ‘careers’ in the event you would like a job with Carefirst Blue Cross Blue Shield. Also, the web site offers articles and features in Spanish. For members, the website also offers benefit summaries for your medical, dental, vision, and FSA accounts. An FSA, or Flexible Spending Account, allows you to set aside money, before taxes, to expenses that you know you will incur such as your health care or your dependents’ health care. Additionally, You may also use your FSA for daycare expenses incurred for your dependents. The news and updates section features up-to-date news articles of a health care nature. These can include newsworthy issues pertaining to pharmacies, health care providers, or specific to Carefirst Blue Cross Blue Shield. You’ll also find informative articles about becoming and staying healthy.