Blue KC Members Can Enhance Their Health Plan with Value-added Benefits.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City (Blue KC) is committed to providing employers and their employees with comprehensive healthcare coverage. That’s why we offer members of Blue KC health plans the option of adding the following health products and services.
Value-added health products.
- Life and Disability Insurance. A portfolio of life and disability insurance products is available from USAble Life. USAble Life is noted for fast claim payments, ease of billing administration, and centralized claims and customer service departments dedicated to helping answer all your questions. You and your employees can choose from the following USAble Life plans:
- Group Term Life - Designed to provide benefits to the beneficiary for loss of life
- Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D) - Provides benefits to the insured for loss resulting from accidental death or dismemberment.
- Supplemental Life - Additional life coverage that may be purchased to supplement basic life insurance.
- Dependent Life - Additional life coverage that may be purchased for employees’ dependents.
- Short-Term Disability - Designed to provide partial income replacement for employees who become disabled by sickness or off-the-job injury for up to 26 weeks.
- Long-Term Disability - Designed to provide partial income replacement for employees who become disabled as the result of a sickness or off-the-job injury for more than 26 weeks.
- Dental Care. Your employees will have access to an extensive network of dentists, both locally and nationwide. Members can choose their level of dental coverage, from a plan that offers basic preventive care to one that covers major restorative and periodontal services. Voluntary group plans are also available if you are looking to expand benefit programs for your employees.
- ChamberCHOICE®: Included comprehensive benefits and plenty of options for companies with 50 or fewer employees. Our first-renewal rate cap means future cost stability, subject to underwriting. Download ChamberCHOICE Brochure.
Value-added health services.
- Healthy Companion™: through the Blue KC Healthy Companion program, members have access to resources that help them manage ongoing health conditions, such as diabetes. Learn more about Healthy Companion.
- Health Management Services: Blue KC offers members support for high-risk health conditions, transplant management and coordination of in-patient hospital care. Contact Us for more information.
- MyEAP® program: employees can use the employee assistance program (EAP) to receive short-term counseling, work-life information and referrals for help resolving personal issues. Learn more about the EAP program.
- A Healthier You™ health and wellness program: employees can take advantage of a comprehensive health and wellness program that gives them personal support, resources and tools to establish goals that help them create a healthy lifestyle. Learn more about A Healthier You.
- Little Stars® prenatal program: this program provides pregnant employees with prenatal education, health assessments and coaching from a registered nursefor help managing a pregnancy. Learn more about the prenatal program.
- Blue365 program: our Blue365 program offers members national discounts on fitness centers, hotels, hearing aids, and more, to help you live a healthier lifestyle. Learn more about Blue365.
- Electronic Services: employees can search online provider directories to find providers near their ZIP code, check a claim status, check eligibility and benefits for a specific service, and pay premiums online.