BlueCard® is a national program that enables members to get health care services while traveling or living in another Blue plan service area.
Contiguous County are providers located in counties of states that border North Dakota (ND), which include Minnesota (MN), Montana (MT), and South Dakota (SD) that follow specific claims processing guidelines. (Provider Manual (bcbsnd.com) located in the claims submission section).
Home/Local Plan refers to the plan the member has coverage through.
Host Plan refers to the arrangement for the provider with the local plan when providing services to an out-of-state member.
Provider group/facility refers to the provider organization.
Provider refers to a practitioner.
Telehealth and Telemedicine: Telehealth and telemedicine are often used interchangeably, but they have distinct meanings. Telehealth refers to the broad scope of virtual healthcare services provided by healthcare professionals to patients. This includes various electronic communication methods such as audio, video, email, text, and remote monitoring devices for data collection. Refer to our current Telehealth (Medical Policy).
Teleradiology is the practice of a radiologist interpreting radiologic images of internal body parts while not physically present in the location where the images are generated.
Vendor Solutions is a BCBSND participating provider organization that offers national telehealth solutions for virtual only services.