Name of Manual - Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota

Medicare
Supplemental Plans
Health Care Options
Blue Cross offers and has a variety of Medicare supplement plans.
Medicare supplement plans are designed to help fill the gaps in
Medicare coverage. Blue Cross has several Medicare supplement
plans that are no longer open for enrollment, however, members
who had signed up previous to plan closure are eligible to keep
their plan.
As of June 2006, Blue Cross currently has two Medicare
Supplement plans open for enrollment by individuals (as opposed
to employer groups), Basic MedicareBlue and Extended Basic
Blue and one Medicare Select plan, Senior Gold.
Under these plans, Medicare is the primary payer. Claims must be
submitted to Blue Cross with a copy of the Medicare Remittance
Advice (RA) form.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Provider Policy and Procedure Manual (12/27/10) 5-9