AdministrativeCommercialJanuary 1, 2021

Blue High Performance Network launching January 1, 2021

When you understand your patients’ health coverage and local health plan networks, you can help maximize your patients’ benefits and boost your own success. Here are some details you should know about new Blue HPN products and the high performance network in Kentucky.

 

Blue HPN® plans offer access to a smaller network of providers, who have a record of delivering high-quality, cost efficient care. Blue HPN networks are in effect as of January 1, 2021 in more than 50 cities across the country.

 

In Kentucky, the Blue HPN network covers 118 counties. The hospital and medical professional network is smaller than the Blue Access network, so it is important that you check network participation through the Find a Doctor / Find Care tool at anthem.com.

 

You may see patients accessing this network through either a national employer plan, or Kentucky large and small group employer plans. The plan design is an EPO, so out-of-network benefits are limited to emergency or urgent care. Members must select a primary care provider (PCP), but PCP referrals are not required for specialty care.

 

Large group Blue HPN health plans sold in Kentucky will have a plan prefix of H8Y and small group HPN plans sold in Kentucky will have a prefix of H9Y. Keep in mind that other prefixes may be part of HPN plan member IDs. Below is a sample ID card for a Kentucky member enrolled in a large group Blue HPN plan. Please note the new “Blue High Performance Network” logo and “HPN” indicator in the suitcase icon.



The sample ID card below is for a Kentucky member enrolled in a national employer Blue HPN plan, with an H7K prefix. This ID card will also include the “Blue High Performance Network” logo and “HPN” indicator in the suitcase icon.  These are the most reliable ID card indicators that a member is enrolled in an HPN plan.



914-0121-PN-KY