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June 2014

Medicare Advantage PPO lab network saves money for members

BCBSM has partnered with Quest Diagnostics® and Joint Venture Hospital LaboratoriesSM to create a nonpatient clinical pathology lab network that will help our Medicare Plus Blue PPOSM members decrease out-of-pocket lab costs.

When these members have lab services performed within the Medicare Advantage PPO lab network, services are paid in full.

You can arrange for a Quest Diagnostics or JVHL courier to pick up a lab specimen in your office obtained by a qualified member of your staff. To contact a physician representative at Quest Diagnostics, call 1-866-MY-QUEST (1-866-697-8378) or use their website contact form. To contact JVHL, call 1-800-445-4979 or use their website contact form.

If you prefer, you may direct your Medicare Plus Blue PPO patients to have their laboratory specimens collected at a Quest Diagnostics or JVHL patient service center. You can find a patient service center on Quest Diagnostics’ website** or on JVHL’s website**.

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