Blues plan pays docs for online consultations.Physicians in select Blue Shield of California Blue Shield of California is a not-for-profit health insurance provider headquartered in San Francisco, California. An independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, Blue Shield of California is an incorporated, wholly owned subsidiary of California Physicians' HMO HMO health maintenance organization. HMO n. A corporation that is financed by insurance premiums and has member physicians and professional staff who provide curative and preventive medicine within certain financial, programs will receive reimbursement for online medical consultations, webVisits, by Emeryville, Calif.-based RelayHealth, allows providers to consult patients electronically for nonurgent medical matters and to submit claims for the transactions. Blue Shield Blue Shield A US not-for-profit health care insurer that is a reimbursement intermediary for physicians. Cf Blue Cross. will reimburse physicians $25 for each eligible consultation; patients' copay co·pay n. A copayment. portion will be up to $10 of the total. Physicians can also write and transmit prescriptions through RelayHealth's eScript and automatically check patient eligibility and collect copayments. Patients can schedule appointments, obtain medication refills, and receive lab results and other routine communications. |
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