{"id":6491,"date":"2022-10-17T09:58:38","date_gmt":"2022-10-17T09:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/distilinfo.com\/healthplan\/?p=6491"},"modified":"2022-10-18T07:13:18","modified_gmt":"2022-10-18T07:13:18","slug":"blue-cross-blue-shield-launching-veteran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/distilinfo.com\/healthplan\/blue-cross-blue-shield-launching-veteran\/","title":{"rendered":"Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield Launching Veterans-Focused Medicare Advantage Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield will offer a Medicare Advantage plan tailored to veterans in 2023, the Rochester, N.Y.-based payer\u00a0said\u00a0Oct. 14.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The plan, Medicare BlueSalute, is designed to complement Veterans Administration benefits.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/distilinfo.com\/healthplan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/4.jpg\" alt=\"Part B DME benefit\" class=\"wp-image-6275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/distilinfo.com\/healthplan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/4.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/distilinfo.com\/healthplan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/4-300x120.jpg 300w, https:\/\/distilinfo.com\/healthplan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/4-768x307.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We all know how important it is to honor the service of local veterans,&#8221; Karen Bodley, Excellus BCBS vice president for Medicare, said. &#8220;It&#8217;s also important to have health coverage that meets their needs and pairs well with existing U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs coverage \u2014 at no extra cost to them.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other payers have also announced new Medicare Advantage plans for veterans. Humana said Oct. 12 it will launch a veteran-focused <a href=\"https:\/\/distilinfo.com\/healthplan\/mgma-calls-for-prior-authorization-reform-in-medicare-advantage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Medicare Advantage plan<\/a> co-branded with USAA.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSource: <span style=\"color: #000000\"><a style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beckerspayer.com\/payer\/excellus-blue-cross-blue-shield-launching-veterans-focused-medicare-advantage-plan.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Beckers Payer<\/a><\/span>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield will offer a Medicare Advantage plan tailored to veterans in 2023, the Rochester, N.Y.-based payer\u00a0said\u00a0Oct&#8230;. <a href=\"https:\/\/distilinfo.com\/healthplan\/blue-cross-blue-shield-launching-veteran\/\" style=\"white-space: nowrap;\">Continue Reading <i class=\"fas fa-long-arrow-alt-right\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":6423,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[115,62,63],"class_list":{"0":"post-6491","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-distilinfo-originals","8":"tag-bcbs","9":"tag-medicare-advantage","10":"tag-payer-provider","11":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/distilinfo.com\/healthplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6491"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/distilinfo.com\/healthplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/distilinfo.com\/healthplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/distilinfo.com\/healthplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/distilinfo.com\/healthplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6491"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/distilinfo.com\/healthplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6491\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6510,"href":"https:\/\/distilinfo.com\/healthplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6491\/revisions\/6510"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/distilinfo.com\/healthplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/distilinfo.com\/healthplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/distilinfo.com\/healthplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/distilinfo.com\/healthplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}