Blue Cross of Florida

BC and BC PPO is accepted everywhere by all providers. There is never a question about coverage. Provider and insurance company resolve issues if any without input from the client. Hassle free and reliable.

Insurance and Gen needs to be revamped. I had a hospital stay for five days - the bill was $57,000. My insurance cover the majority of it. My portion of the bill was 2500 but honestly, if I didn’t have insurance I don’t know what I would’ve done.

The coverage of my health plan is very good. It helps me pay very little when it comes to prescriptions for drugs that I take and also when I had to receive procedures like stent implants to save my life from further heart problems. They came through with flying colors. That is why I shall continue to have Blue Cross as my secondary health plan.

This is a benefit that I retired from work with, fortunately. Good prescription coverage too. It's my secondary health care provider. As far as options, my options are I take what the union negotiated for us.

I am able to use my Doctor, no problems getting an appointment. I have no deductible. Most of my prescription medications are very low cost. I have always been able to get the care that I need: specialists, tests, physical therapy. Going to the hospital was easy and not stressful. Low co-pays.

While traveling abroad I had disabling back pain. I could not sit or walk for more than 30 seconds without level 10 pain. I had myself driven to the best doctor that was recommended. He evaluated me, had determined I needed an MRI. Upon reviewing the MRI he determined I needed immediate surgery. I contacted my insurance company and they they could not approve anything immediately. They demanded two days for approval. Despite the fact that I told them I had major loss of function in my left leg due to the herniated disc, and broken bone in my spine. I waited two day, and my condition worsened. I was losing feeling in my left leg now.

Florida Blue has a LOUSY customer service team, useless customer service attitude, starting with Victor, Natalie and Olga, Olga's Extension is **. What a waste of space she is taking up at Florida Blue, Liar, incompetent and useless. What a shame these 3 are to the word customer service. Let's not leave behind Emily, she has no clue of what her job is, even though the notes are in the system. Hire better people. Robert **.

Working for a provider, it is exhausting to call BCBs and spent 1-2+ hours on the phone to get BCBS to pay for services provided. Their newest tactic is to deny claims and say there is other insurance as primary, despite the fact that a patients auto claim or work comp claim had settled 4-5 years prior. I have witnessed this numerous times with numerous patients over the past 3 months. It is very difficult for the patient to get this updated short of having a old work comp carrier or auto carrier call BCBS to update. The hoops that BCBS makes patients and providers jump through is ridiculous. In addition their call center in India has POORLY trained personnel, they barely speak english and have no medical experience or knowledge.

What is going on with Florida Blue, Blue Select? We upgraded to this plan after having Florida Blue HMO last year. Mistake! We now have even fewer providers, especially in our area. Half of the doctors our family used last year quit the plan, some in the mid-year, yet we cannot do the same. I contacted Florida Blue customer service for help finding a doctor and was given names one hour north and one hour south of me. That's ridiculous. There are numerous doctors right here in town and in the surrounding cities. Why do none of them take this plan (anymore)?

I called Florida Blue several times, regarding issues logging into the web site. The automated system sent me to the wrong Dept several times. Each time I was transferred I was put on hold. This is not the first time I have had log in issues. I have changed my password and all that entails several times. One password worked for a period of time. Than I got an error code it could not find my information. This has happened after several calls in the past regarding this issues. One on seems to be able to figure out the issue, for 5 months. I am sick of paying for lousy service. I have talked to multiple people re set password multiple times, did many tech maneuvers on my computer, still can't sign into the web site. If you can get through the automated phone, maze customer service is incompetent.

Insurance is not like it was in the old days (80's and 90's). I guess doctors back then weren't getting sued enough. Premiums are ridiculous and so is the deductible. I am not impressed with the prescription options. I can get some of my prescriptions cheaper without using the insurance and with FAR less hassle. I do like the online web interface though. It is easy to use and somewhat helpful.

I recently had a colonoscopy. After the procedure I was in a great deal of pain, I was bleeding and I could not pass the gas use during the colonoscopy. Borland Groover Clinic where the procedure was performed sent me home claim I would be fine. Twelve hours later I was close to death. My wife rushed me to the emergency room at Mayo Hospital in Jacksonville Fl. and they performed emergency surgery that saved my life. I spent 8 days in the hospital where there were times I didn't think I was going to make it. I now have a colostomy bag, a huge foot long scar wound from my groin to the bottom of my chest and hospital bills approaching $100,000. I will need further surgery and that means more bills.

The high deductible is just too much for someone to meet. I no longer go to the doctor unless I am really sick. It just way too high. You need to lower it. My deductible is $7500, that is totally outrageous.

Florida BCBS use to be a reputable health insurance until they started hiring third party companies like ASH to micromanage the benefits you pay premiums on which makes them crooks. I would highly recommend you find a true PPO that doesn't scam their clients to make them think they have PPO when they only pay to have it but dont really.

The deductible is high, the cost is high, and you do not get many benefits for this Affordable Health Care plan. I would not recommend it to others. They offer different levels of plans, Bronze, Silver, and Gold, but I think there must be better coverage out there. I have not found it though.

I received health care in Hialeah hospital (ER) for head trauma, what was my concern. Dr Jorge ** in charge to review the claim determined that the insurance will not covered the diagnose and treatment. Horrible.

Around December 2018 BCBSFL processed my outstanding covered in network medical claim of $500 as medicare instead of my blue select of florida ppo policy. In result, claim was not paid and rejected to bill issuer and now bill is over 30 days due and will be sent to collection agency. I have called BCBSFL over a dozen times and spoken to two supervisors who assured me that the claim would be reprocessed. However as of today the claim shows that no department is handling it and is sitting stagnant. In the meantime, I am a cancer survivor and need to followup with several doctors but am reluctant to visit because I was told all claims will be sent to medicare and denied because of BCBSFL system glitch. In the meantime, I am making monthly payments for health insurance since October 2018 until present and have been been unable to use services.

I Signed up for coverage ACA end Dec. 2018 to start Jan. 1st, 2019 paid premium stated online same day, also set up autopay for remainder of monthly premiums. Thought I was all set for Jan. 2019, now comes a letter dated Feb. 3rd, "we have closed your coverage because we have not received your first full monthly payment?" When I initially signed up I was stated one amount which they (Florida Blue) immediately withdrew from my account, now they say that was approximately $11 dollars less than the full amount??? Why would I pay an arbitrary amount of $10.79 less than the quoted premium, and why would they withdraw less than the full amount??

I was hospitalized in May of 2017 for 7 days and was told by the hospital that my insurance (BCBS of FL) would not cover my bill because of an exclusionary waiver. After looking at my BCBS agreement, it was evident that they should cover the claim. I then hired an attorney (for several thousand dollars) and BCBS finally decided to make a one-time business decision to cover the total cost. Over the last year-and-a-half, I've been receiving bills and collections letters and when investigating they keep pushing the claim around or not covering it.

I'm already paying $210/month for my policy. It's the cheapest one with a very high deductible. I am stuck on a medication for the rest of my life and with the insurance deductible it costs me $200/month. I decided instead to use GoodRx coupons which I searched for on Google (only took me a couple of minutes). No membership fee, no signing up, it was just there. My meds were reduced to $100/month. Why am I paying for health insurance when my medicine is cheaper through free online coupons? Customer Service is terrible too. There's a reason why Blue Cross of Florida has 1 star. I hope too they lose business. I'm glad the government canceled the tax for those who don't buy a policy. I'm canceling mine.

I initiated my Florida Blue PPO health insurance on November 1, 2018 after coming off of Cobra from my last job. In preparation for the search for new private market coverage my new policy I got many quotes from health insurance companies within a Florida including Florida Blue Cross Blue Shield. After several weeks of research and firm quotes, I finally decided to go with Florida Blue Select PPO based on a quoted monthly premium of $1522.59. I was charged this amount for November and December, 2018. Beginning on January 1, 2019, Florida Blue without any notice increased my premium basically $140 a month for a new monthly premium of $1663.26. This was done without any notification by mail or e-mail.

Tried to pay my premium for my 2018 Marketplace plan in December 2018. Florida Blue would not confirm my plan or accept payment. They said they were waiting for finalization from Healathcare.gov. Healthcare.gov said everything was A ok. This explanation plays like a broken record. Dozens of calls to FLblue, many with a Marketplace Rep, on the line/3/way. At least 15 case and reference numbers generated by FLblue, these bogus case numbers would change overnight unannounced to me, so when I called to check on the status of my case, FLblue would have no record of the reference number for my case.

Paid full premium for 6 months, (nearly $1400 per month), after losing subsidy, didn't hear anything from them till going to our pharmacy, was told we didn't have insurance, they told me after calling I had not made a payment when I did... If you're shopping around, I would suggest going elsewhere - this was not a good way to do business after being with them quite awhile - going elsewhere...

Aug. 13, 2018, my ACA premium tax credit for Sept. changed based on income documentation I submitted for 2017. However, my income drastically changed between 2017 and 2018. I appealed the decision in early September. Oct. 26th I got notice that that the August decision was overturned and, as instructed, requested that the reversal be retroactive to Sept. 1, 2018. I had also asked for it to be retroactive in my initial appeal. Until my insurance company (BCBS) gets word from American Health Marketplace that the tax credit is retroactive to September 1, there's an additional $600+ showing as owed for my September BCBS payment. BCBS has stopped my health coverage until the $600 is paid. If I had $600, I wouldn't be on food stamps and need the ACA tax credit.

Florida Blue has been denying claims with medical records and also pretends they do not receive claims. Also, if a patient has a high deductible, they will process it no problem because the patient will have to pay. If Florida Blue denies claim even with notes and the patient has a PPO plan, the patient will be responsible for the full amount as well.

I called on September 29 to have BCBS stop my auto payment for October. I was told a bill would be mailed to me and if I didn't pay before November 15 my policy would automatically cancel which I wanted because I have new insurance. However on November the 2nd BCBS withdrew October and November premiums for a total of 1,900 dollars. I have gotten zero help from them to have this issue resolved.

Even though I checked for doctors on my plan during enrollment, they all dropped my insurance come January effective date. Then after seeing 1 option for Pediatric orthopedics for my son 3X for the same issue with no benefit I tried to get a second opinion. Guess what? After calling 10 specialists in my area, no one accepts my insurance. My prescriptions are often a battle to get covered and I’m over it. Why is there only 1 option in FL? All the doctor offices say FL Blue is the worst for reimbursement. I don’t want them anymore!!!

Under our Fl Blue policy my husband and I, both diabetics, are entitled to certain lab tests 4 times a year and one diabetic retinal exam, at no cost to us with $0 co-pay. The eye doctor says we owe a $75 co-pay and the lab makes us pay a co-pay (it goes on our credit card they made us give them at the lab) for the A1c test, lipid panel and urinalysis. Those 3 tests and eye exam are $0 co-pay under the Value Based Diabetic Program. Fl Blue keeps denying our reimbursement for services we had to pay after 3 bills and a debt collector calling, saying the eye doctor and lab aren't using the right codes for them to be the $0 co-pay to us.

I had no idea when I signed up for BCBS that I would be limited to the experience of Sanitas, the medical facility you must use if you sign up with BCBS in Miami. You cannot call your doctor’s office, all calls go through a call center (the primary language is not English), appointments must be made months in advance and last 10 minutes. You have to go to the doctor to get a referral and referrals take weeks (sometimes months), you cannot use CVS or any other drugstore - just Walgreens. You have to use their urgent care center which is poorly run and not at all convenient.